Sarah Walker

I know. It's so hard. It's going from like a feeling to a visual to language is so stifling sometimes.

I know. It's so hard. It's going from like a feeling to a visual to language is so stifling sometimes.

I know. It's so hard. It's going from like a feeling to a visual to language is so stifling sometimes.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I hope so.

I hope so.

I hope so.

Yes. So self-reproduction has this property, right? Like if the system can make itself, then it can persist in time, right? Because all objects decay. They all have a finite lifetime. So if you're able to make a copy of yourself before you die, before the second law eats you or whatever people think happens, then that structure can persist in time.

Yes. So self-reproduction has this property, right? Like if the system can make itself, then it can persist in time, right? Because all objects decay. They all have a finite lifetime. So if you're able to make a copy of yourself before you die, before the second law eats you or whatever people think happens, then that structure can persist in time.

Yes. So self-reproduction has this property, right? Like if the system can make itself, then it can persist in time, right? Because all objects decay. They all have a finite lifetime. So if you're able to make a copy of yourself before you die, before the second law eats you or whatever people think happens, then that structure can persist in time.

Right. But things that can copy themselves are very rare.

Right. But things that can copy themselves are very rare.

Right. But things that can copy themselves are very rare.

And so what ends up happening is that you get structures that enable the existence of other things. And then somehow, only for some sets of objects, you get closed structures that are self-reinforcing and allow that entire structure to persist.

And so what ends up happening is that you get structures that enable the existence of other things. And then somehow, only for some sets of objects, you get closed structures that are self-reinforcing and allow that entire structure to persist.

And so what ends up happening is that you get structures that enable the existence of other things. And then somehow, only for some sets of objects, you get closed structures that are self-reinforcing and allow that entire structure to persist.

Right, so this is the classic idea.

Right, so this is the classic idea.