[andrewgleave]

The Science of Can and Can't[1] is interesting in how it looks to address a number of fundamentals via counterfactuals including the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics.

Edit: See [2] for background about Constructor Theory.

[1] https://www.chiaramarletto.com/books/the-science-of-can-and-... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DH2xwIYuT0