Social entropy
Basic definition:
A measure of the natural decay of the structure or of the disappearance of distinctions within a social system. Much of the energy consumed by a social organization is spent to maintain its structure, counteracting social entropy, e.g., through legal institutions, education, the normative consequences or television. anomie is the maximum state of social entropy.
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/SOCIAL_ENTRO.html
I also found an interesting paper on it and how it relates to the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
A measure of the natural decay of the structure or of the disappearance of distinctions within a social system. Much of the energy consumed by a social organization is spent to maintain its structure, counteracting social entropy, e.g., through legal institutions, education, the normative consequences or television. anomie is the maximum state of social entropy.
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/SOCIAL_ENTRO.html
I also found an interesting paper on it and how it relates to the 2nd law of thermodynamics.
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