That was, in fact, what time was: a narrow container for a relentless succession of tasks. The container could not be expanded, but the tasks could multiply exponentially. In fact, the tasks were guaranteed to multiply. The law of entropy had undoubtedly been discovered by a mother with two teenagers.

Sonja Yoerg, True Places

Since STEM is in all the news this week for the hysteric Blue Origin flight, I thought I would post about how real women experience science.

The handy-dandy Google AI assistant that I cannot for the life of me turn off, says this about entropy: The Law of Entropy, specifically the Second Law of Thermodynamics, states that in a closed system, the entropy or disorder always increases over time. This means that natural processes tend towards a more disordered state. A simple way to visualize this is that a tidy room will eventually become messy if left alone. 

a tidy room will eventually become messy if left alone. 

This pretty much sums up teenagers, unless they are in band or varsity sports, where entropy is strongly discouraged, as those participants are constantly reminded that their mothers are not permitted in the locker room/band hall, so they will pick up after themselves.