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- noun The
entropy that a living thing exports to keep its own entropy low.
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Examples
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"negentropy," negative feedback, homeostasis and whose military model would be modern 2GW, with heavy top-down, real time command and control
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He focused on one particular phenomenon, which he termed “negentropy,” a state of total engagement and focus on something that is socially meaningful and productive.
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He focused on one particular phenomenon, which he termed “negentropy,” a state of total engagement and focus on something that is socially meaningful and productive.
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Csikszentmihalyi argued that students who regularly experienced negentropy were more likely to be well-adjusted, happy teenagers who made a smooth transition to adulthood.
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Kids who played the violin, did a sport they loved, or were involved in a chess club were the kinds of kids who regularly experienced negentropy.
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Deepak talks about activating the force of negentropy as a part of spiritual healing.
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Deepak talks about activating the force of negentropy as a part of spiritual healing.
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Csikszentmihalyi argued that students who regularly experienced negentropy were more likely to be well-adjusted, happy teenagers who made a smooth transition to adulthood.
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Deepak talks about activating the force of negentropy as a part of spiritual healing.
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When a person experiences negentropy, he is so involved with what he is doing that he loses any self-consciousness, feels at one with the activity, and becomes unaware of the passing of time.
thebighenry commented on the word negentropy
Life is timshel negentropy.
April 27, 2008
thebighenry commented on the word negentropy
negative entropy
May 23, 2008