ORDER and ENVIRONMENT
Charles François (2004). ORDER and ENVIRONMENT, International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(2): 2377.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(2) |
| ID | ◀ 2377 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Human sciences, Methodology or model |
Order can increase within a system only if it is able to convey an increased flow of entropy into its environment. This implies that the environmment must be colder than the system. R. FIVAZ puts it as follows: “… the second principle is preserved because the environment receives the latent heat flowing from the ordering system; as the environment is colder, its disordering is numerically larger so that the total entropy is indeed increased (1991, p. 22).
This is the ultimate relational problem between high energy degrading human systems and the global warming of the planet as the global ecosystem.