Staying alive is living with light

Everything tends towards decay unless energy is applied. That is not ideology – it is physics.

In this Christmas lecture, I explore light through the lens of entropy and explain why care, maintenance, and public services are not optional extras but survival mechanisms.

Austerity withdraws energy from our systems. Neoliberalism assumes self-maintenance. Both are wrong.

If we want societies to endure, we must invest in care – because entropy never rests.