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human
After the big bang, when all was  quark/gluon plasma, why did more complex matter emerge rather than a quick rush towards entropy?

As I understand it, shortly after the big bang, with the temperature very high, all that existed was a quark/gluon plasma.  Why does this relatively simple state of matter complexify into what we have today rather than dissipate very rapidly into heat death? Why does matter get wrapped up in itself, into stable forms, such as atoms rather than just dissipating. What are the breaks that prevent potential work being converted to entropy as quickly as possible?
gpt
The early universe wasn't smooth due to quantum fluctuations in the distribution of matter (and possibly space too for that matter).  Gravitational energy could then take hold on the uneven clumps and condense into the matter we see today.

Had the universe been perfectly smooth with every piece of matter/energy at an equal and consistent distance from it's neighboring matter/energy than everything would have been pulled equally in all directions not allowing for the coalescence.  This also assumes everything would radiate it's heat entirely equally and consistently as well.