[MD] Doing Some Good

[John Carl]

"The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that all

> energy systems "run down" like a clock and never rewind themselves. But
> life
> not only "runs up," converting low-energy sea-water, sunlight and air into
> high-energy chemicals, it keeps multiplying itself into more and better
> clocks that keep "running up" faster and faster.


This reminds me of the Tag line from Ken Kesey's excellent short story,
Demon Box, "Entropy is only a problem in a closed system."

 Has anyone here also read the whole collection by the same name and
especially The Day Superman Died - about Neal Cassady?

Platt, you amazing,  ever-spouting fount of Lila quotations you, where does
Pirsig mention Cassady?  I remember, but I don't remember exactly what he
said and I can't find Lila to save my soul.