Ep 052, Minimize the Entropy

Morgan Creighton grew up watching Carl Sagan explain the wonders of our universe on PBS, inspiring Morgan to study physics.  During his first job after college, a Nobel Physics Laureate famously opined that Computer Science would someday be declared a sub-discipline of physics. Morgan feels this is exactly the opposite of the truth - physics may eventually be declared a sub-discipline of CS! We cover the management of entropy in software, the Technicolor Dreamcoat that is functional programming, how your soft skills let you exercise your tech skills, and Morgan's Law for problem isolation.   The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity St. John's High School https://www.stjohnshigh.org/ The X-ray telescope from Harvard https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1988/5/9/up-up-and-away-palthough-harvard/ Boston Area Scala Enthusiasts (BASE): https://www.meetup.com/boston-scala/ Morgan's Monad talk: https://vimeo.com/103647102