{
  "id": "2309.08557",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2023-09-13T19:10:00.000Z",
  "updated": "2023-09-13T19:10:00.000Z",
  "title": "The thermodynamic cost of choosing",
  "authors": [
    "Carlo Rovelli"
  ],
  "comment": "3 pages, 3 figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "physics.soc-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "Choice can be defined in thermodynamical terms and be shown to have a thermodynamic cost: choosing between a binary alternative at temperature T dissipates an energy E > kT ln 2.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2023-09-13T19:10:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "thermodynamic cost",
      "kt ln",
      "thermodynamical terms"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 3,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}