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+In physics, Energy per unit of time is Power.
+Energy is in the same units as Work, Potential, Heat, Free Energy,
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+We've talked about the "power" of a post regarding the effects it has on other posts.
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+The mechanism of a post exerting its effect also includes the validation pool, which has a duration.
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+Effective power can be considered as a flow rate of posts; (value per post) / (duration of each post)
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+Internal energy is similar to Forum total value / DAO total reputation
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+Total available reputation is similar to thermodynamic free energy