What are the implications of the laws of thermodynamics for society?
The second laws tells us that there is a direction to real world processes, namely, things move from a highly ordered state to a disordered state. This is the principle of entropy. The entropy laws describes the tendency for all objects to rust, break, fall apart, wear out, and otherwise move to a less ordered state. The second law of thermodynamics means that orderly structures, patterns, and arrangements of energy and materials tend to drift towards disorder by themselves. Junkyards and landfills are testaments to the spontaneous tendency towards disorder described by the second law. They are full of materials that have broken down or worn out due to the forces of entropy.
