LEADER 04688nam 22007455 450 001 9910392753903321 005 20200702222237.0 010 $a3-319-20660-5 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-20660-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000460481 035 $a(EBL)3568039 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001546678 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16141331 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001546678 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14796386 035 $a(PQKB)10371157 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-20660-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3568039 035 $a(PPN)188458794 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000460481 100 $a20150805d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aClosing Human Evolution: Life in the Ultimate Age /$fby Ladislav Ková? 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (134 p.) 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Evolutionary Biology,$x2192-8134 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-20659-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aPrelude -- First movement. Life as a cosmic imperative -- Second movement. Evolutionary uniqueness of humans -- Third movement -- The ultimate optimism: Finitics -- Finale. 330 $aThis volume analyses the evolution of humankind by combining approaches from science and the arts. It offers a novel perspective on the evolution of life on Earth, based on a recent reformulation of the second law of thermodynamics in terms of the ?maximum entropy production principle.? In essence, the Earth is but one of many ?white holes? in the universe, where life functions as a specific arrangement for the rapid dissipation of energy gradients by generating self-organized structures. Evolution of life in the universe is a creative process of increasing complexity as a Bayesian ratchet of knowledge accumulation, advancing in an evolutionary maze characterized by myriad blind alleys. On Earth, the human species has progressed more than any other by creating artefacts that have become both agents and products of in our cumulative cultural evolution. Culture has dramatically enhanced the rate of dissipation of energy gradients. Extrapolating from the acceleration of cultural evolution suggests that humanity will reach the Civilization Singularity in the middle of the 21st century, a point in time at which the rate of changes, and hence their unpredictability and uncontrollability, will converge to infinity. Humankind has now entered the ultimate age, in which the exuberance and splendour of human feats may be metaphorically likened to fireworks. The author highlights a new role of scientists as intellectuals who can create ?music for the fireworks? by analysing the consequences of the astounding dynamics in order to make the closing phase of human evolution a sublime one marked by minimal political and social tensions. 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in Evolutionary Biology,$x2192-8134 606 $aEvolutionary biology 606 $aSociophysics 606 $aEconophysics 606 $aBiology?Philosophy 606 $aLife sciences 606 $aPhilosophy and social sciences 606 $aEvolutionary Biology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/L21001 606 $aData-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P33030 606 $aPhilosophy of Biology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E34010 606 $aPopular Life Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q25000 606 $aPhilosophy of the Social Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/E36000 615 0$aEvolutionary biology. 615 0$aSociophysics. 615 0$aEconophysics. 615 0$aBiology?Philosophy. 615 0$aLife sciences. 615 0$aPhilosophy and social sciences. 615 14$aEvolutionary Biology. 615 24$aData-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Biology. 615 24$aPopular Life Sciences. 615 24$aPhilosophy of the Social Sciences. 676 $a570 700 $aKová?$b Ladislav$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0704106 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910392753903321 996 $aClosing Human Evolution: Life in the Ultimate Age$92504825 997 $aUNINA