| Initialization | Big Bang (T=0) | Unorganized (pre-life) | Hard-Coded Laws |
| The Handshake | Abiogenesis | First biological organization | Firmware Trigger |
| The Software | Brains Evolve | Complex, self-aware organization | Self-Determination Emerges (gradient) |
| The Filtering | Continuous Evolution | Continuous reorganization | Blind Optimization |
| The Authorship | Genetic Engineering | Conscious modification of code | Directed Optimization |
| The Shutdown | Solar Death | Local organization ends | Deletion of Local Data |
| The Silence | Heat Death (S→∞) (Projected) | All organization ends | Final Equilibrium |