The maintenance of complexity in any system, whether it be societal, informational or a biological organism, must, as dictated by the universe’s immutable laws of thermodynamics, rely on inputs of high quality of energy and the export of of lower quality energy or waste.
Put another way, to avoid increased disorder in a system, disorder must be exported, and this requires energy.
A house, a newspaper, a refrigerator or a human being, all require inputs to maintain order, i.e. paint, dry storage, electricity and food, respectively.
The discussions relating to the ACA are merely a debate over how society chooses to control and deploy resources to maintain negative entropy in citizens. Money, at the end of the day, is a proxy for energy, the ability to do work.
The bigger issue amidst this discussion, alluded to by some, and rising above partisan politics, is “Where will the energy come from to maintain the health standards we have become used to?” in an era of declining energy availability.
When healthcare sucks up 15-20% of GDP, that’s a lot of energy that has to keep coming from somewhere.
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By: Erich
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