[antonios]

Alternatively, all that attempts to control chaos and decrease entropy actually results in faster entropy increase overall on a systemic level. I remember reading about a (Russian?) physicist that believed that life simply happens as a result of the universe's attempt to increase entropy faster on sufficiently complicated systems. If someone remembers his name I'd be obliged.

[0134340]

Dorion Sagan (Yes, Carl Sagan's son) also covers this in his book Into The Cool. That life is only a force multiplier in increasing it universally, basically.