Let’s say there is a civilization consisting of a number of individuals, each the owner of some matter with mass mi. They know that their civilization can’t produce more than (∑ mi)^2 bits of total entropy over its entire history
Typo: (∑ mi)^2 should be mi^2
No, that’s not a typo… it’s supposed to be the square of the sum of the individual masses.
Typo: (∑ mi)^2 should be mi^2
No, that’s not a typo… it’s supposed to be the square of the sum of the individual masses.