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Omeostasi entropica: Estensione euristica ai sistemi sociali. Una proposta termodinamica per la definizione di salute e malattia in medicina dei sistemi

Sep 2026 · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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Abstract (IT) Il modello dell'Omeostasi Entropica, originariamente formulato per descrivere la salute e la malattia dell'individuo in chiave termodinamica, viene qui esteso ai sistemi sociali. Ogni sistema umano – dalla famiglia alla nazione, fino all'intera biosfera – è uno Stato Stazionario di Non-Equilibrio (NESS) che mantiene il proprio ordine interno esportando entropia verso l'esterno. Il lavoro esplora la dinamica del drenaggio entropico attraverso una catena di livelli (individuo, famiglia, gruppo sociale, nazione, popolazione mondiale, biosfera), mostrando come l'eccesso di energia libera (iperentropia) e il deficit di neghentropia (ipoentropia) si trasferiscano da un sistema all'altro, alterandone l'equilibrio e generando circoli viziosi che culminano nella saturazione della biosfera, intesa come serbatoio entropico. Il modello esplicita e formalizza l'asimmetria strutturale di questi flussi: il sistema di scala maggiore (la biosfera) influenza inevitabilmente e pervasivamente tutti i sistemi che contiene; il sistema di scala minore, al contrario, può influenzare i livelli superiori solo in modo limitato e mediato, sebbene posizioni di potere possano amplificarne l'effetto. Un'altra caratteristica originale del modello è l'identificazione di un circolo vizioso: l'iperentropia crescente compromette la capacità stessa di riconoscere e gestire l'iperentropia, rendendo più difficile interrompere il ciclo e affrontare la natura sistemica della crisi. La suddivisione in livelli è puramente didattica: nella realtà, ogni NESS interagisce simultaneamente con tutti gli altri, in una rete di influenze reciproche senza soluzione di continuità. Il lavoro discute le implicazioni di questo modello per la comprensione di fenomeni come lo stress cronico, i conflitti sociali, le guerre e la crisi ecologica globale, offrendo un linguaggio unificante per descrivere dinamiche tradizionalmente affrontate in modo separato. Pur nella sua natura euristica, il modello suggerisce che la salute del pianeta, come quella dell'individuo, è la capacità di gestire il flusso di energia libera: produrla per lavoro utile, utilizzarla per mantenere l'ordine interno, e drenare l'eccesso attraverso canali sostenibili che non distruggano il sistema che li riceve. Abstract (EN) The Entropic Homeostasis model, originally formulated to describe health and disease in the individual from a thermodynamic perspective, is here extended to social systems. Every human system – from the family to the nation, up to the entire biosphere – is a Non-Equilibrium Steady State (NESS) that maintains its internal order by exporting entropy outward. The work explores the dynamics of entropic drainage through a chain of levels (individual, family, social group, nation, world population, biosphere), showing how excess free energy (hyperentropy) and deficits of negentropy (hypoentropy) are transferred from one system to another, altering their equilibrium and generating vicious cycles that culminate in the saturation of the biosphere, understood as the entropic reservoir.The model explicates and systematizes the structural asymmetry of these flows: the larger-scale system (the biosphere) inevitably and pervasively influences all the systems it contains; the smaller-scale system, in contrast, can influence higher levels only in a limited and mediated way, although positions of power can amplify its effect. Another original feature of the model is the identification of a vicious circle: rising hyperentropy undermines the very capacity to recognize and manage hyperentropy itself, making it more difficult to break the cycle and address the systemic nature of the crisis. The subdivision into levels is purely didactic: in reality, every NESS interacts simultaneously with all others, in a network of reciprocal influences without solution of continuity. The work discusses the implications of this model for understanding phenomena such as chronic stress, social conflicts, wars, and the global ecological crisis, offering a unifying language to describe dynamics traditionally addressed separately. Despite its heuristic nature, the model suggests that the health of the planet, like that of the individual, is the capacity to manage the flow of free energy: to produce it for useful work, to utilize it to maintain internal order, and to drain the excess through sustainable channels that do not destroy the system that receives them.

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