thermodynamics
Isobaric Process
Under constant pressure, you expand—but the system decides how much heat you must absorb to do it.
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thermodynamics
Coefficient of Performance
Heat pumps extract more energy than they consume—and so does the attention economy, mining your engagement for returns you'll never see.
thermodynamics
Carnot Efficiency
The second law of thermodynamics tells us no engine can be perfect—and neither can the machine that monetizes your attention.
thermodynamics
First Law of Thermodynamics
Energy cannot be created or destroyed in a closed system—but your attention can be endlessly converted into someone else's profit.
physics
Internal Energy
The hidden kinetic chaos inside every system—including you—that nobody sees but everyone harvests.
thermodynamics
Helmholtz Free Energy
In thermodynamics, not all energy is free to do work—and in the attention economy, not all of your consciousness is yours to spend.
thermodynamics
Gibbs Free Energy
In thermodynamics, spontaneity isn't about freedom—it's about which direction the universe allows you to fall.
physics
Driving Force
In physics, a driving force maintains oscillation against resistance—in your digital life, it keeps you scrolling against exhaustion.
physics
Horsepower
James Watt measured the rate at which horses could lift coal from mines, and now that same metric measures how quickly platforms extract attention from your mind.
physics
Wattage
Every notification is a joule per second, and you're the circuit being driven to dissipate heat.