Societal Complexity and Physical Power
Physics and Society
2026-05-11 v1
Abstract
As the current thermo-industrial civilization expands, its technological and societal complexities increase. We suggest that physical power, economic activity and societal complexity are linked. A simple, intuitive model based on Systems Dynamics is used as an illustration.
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@article{arxiv.2605.06970,
title = {Societal Complexity and Physical Power},
author = {Jerome Lewandowski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.06970},
year = {2026}
}