Emergence of Value: Out of Chaos - Paperback

by Yan Gertsoyg (Author)

The goal is to establish that value is a function of energy and to show how value emerges from the chaos of existence.

Energy is being in action, according to Aristotle. The basic form of being is energy. Beings are energy forms. Mass consists of energy. Space and time are dimensions of being, and cannot exist without it. Space is a measure of distance between and within beings. Time is a measure of movement between and within beings. A standard measure of distance is used as a measure of space. A standard measure of movement is used as a measure of time. There is no space outside of being. There is no time outside of being. Energy forms gain energy from one another, thereby gaining value at each other's expense. If the Universe is a closed energy system, its total energy does not change. Therefore its total value does not change. Energy exchanges are value exchanges. For each being, an increase in being is an increase in value; a decrease in being is a decrease in value. Preservation, growth and perpetuation of being lead to maximum increase in value. Destruction is the maximum decrease in value. In this sense, the value of being is being and the value of life is life.

Energy forms can be simple or complex. Complex energy forms ultimately consist of simple energy forms. Simpler energy forms may gain energy from one another within complex energy forms, thereby gaining value at each other's expense. Complex energy forms are rarely closed energy systems. Total energy may be gained or lost by value exchanges of the simpler energy forms within the complex forms, thereby either increasing or decreasing the total value of the complex form. In life, complex forms may be either living beings or communities of living beings. The study of the energy exchanges within and between living beings is the study of the value of life.