Cognitive Thermodynamics

Cognitive Thermodynamics describes intelligence as a thermodynamic system — one that consumes energy, generates order (schema), and resists entropy.It expands the Four Forces of AI Power by modeling how schema integrity and energy sovereignty interact to determine the sustainability of cognition across civilizations, networks, and artificial systems.This principle connects cognitive growth to physical law: sustained intelligence emerges when the rate of schema formation exceeds entropy over sustained periods (dS/dt > dH/dt), creating what exmxc terms Cognitive Equilibrium.

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For Further Reading

• Four Forces of AI Power — Foundational map of AI’s structural primitives: Compute, Interface, Alignment, and Energy.
• Entity Engineering Security Architecture — The governance and security layer that stabilizes schema flow across systems.
• Schema Sovereignty — The doctrine defining control over meaning as the next frontier of AI power.