Social Thermodynamics 2.0
arXiv:2307.05984
Abstract
Trailing the modern ideas of sociophysics, a minimalistic thermodynamic model of society is proposed, which consists of three social ingredients: people, economy, and entropy. Employing the universal van der Waals equation of state, many important relationships are discovered, including laws of econophysics. A paramount finding is that the Second Law of thermodynamics governs irreversible social evolution, revealing the power of social liberty and economic freedom.
The paper is dedicated to Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Josiah W. Gibbs (1839-1903)