The Human Talent

You know what? The Second Law of Thermodynamics kind of sucks. It's always running us down, wearing us out. You might not know the Second Law of Thermodynamics by name, but you certainly know it by feel. Dissipation; degradation; degeneration. If you are anything like me, you've experienced it every week since you were a kid. Every Saturday morning my household obligation has been to clean my bedroom. So the week starts off tidy, uncluttered and clean. But inevitably, almost imperceptibly, things go to pot. By Monday papers have begun creeping out like caterpillars across the desk. Laundry lounges lazily in the reading chair. Books loiter around aimlessly like high school kids outside the 7-11....