The general struggle for existence of animate beings is not a struggle for raw materials—these are for organisms in ample supply—nor for energy which exists in plenty in any body in the form of heat, but a struggle for entropy, which becomes available through the transition of energy from the hot sun to the cold earth.
生物普遍存在的生存斗争不是为了原材料——这些对生物来说是充足的——也不是为了能量,能量以热的形式在任何物体中都大量存在,而是为了熵,熵是通过能量从炽热的太阳转移到寒冷的地球而变得可用的。
市场时机选择是傻瓜的游戏。专注于市场中的时间要好得多。
True success is not defeating others, but surpassing yourself.
The future of architecture lies in lightness and adaptability.
我们都被过去所困扰,过去总是存在的。
Diversity in species and systems isn’t complexity—it’s insurance.