MENTAL MODEL · M10918

Entropy Increase

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CORE DEFINITION

In a closed system, disorder (entropy) always tends to increase unless external energy is introduced to do work to maintain order.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Manage against it. Do not expect a room to tidy itself or a team to become efficient automatically. Chaos is the norm; order is an expensive state that requires continuous energy input (management, cleaning, communication) to maintain.

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In an isolated system, disorder (entropy) spontaneously increases; things tend to move from order to chaos unless external energy/information is continuously input to maintain order; it is a fundamental tendency of nature.

MINIMUM ACTION

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Practice this model in one real situation:

Use the entropy increase framework when explaining system degradation
identify areas where 'no input leads to decay'
use open systems to introduce negative entropy (energy/information) to counter it
distinguish between local entropy reduction and overall cost.

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