The Dynamics of Human Society Evolution: An Energetics Approach

TL;DR

This paper introduces an energetics-based framework for modeling human society evolution, utilizing field theory and Hamiltonian dynamics to derive equations governing social interactions and growth.

Contribution

It extends classical field theories to social systems, defining social force, energy, and Hamiltonian, and derives Lotka-Volterra equations from this energetic perspective.

Findings

Derived social Hamiltonian equations incorporating power dynamics

Established Lotka-Volterra equations within the social energetics framework

Provided a new theoretical approach to non-equilibrium social dynamics

Abstract

Human society is an open system that evolves by coupling with various known and unknown (energy) fluxes. How do these dynamics precisely unfold? Energetics may provide further insights. We expand on Navier Stokes' approach to study non-equilibrium dynamics in a field that evolves with time. Based on the social field theory, an induction of the classical field theories, we define social force, social energy and Hamiltonian of an individual in a society. The equations for the evolution of an individual and society are sketched based on the time-dependent Hamiltonian that includes power dynamics. In this paper, we will demonstrate that Lotka-Volterra type equations can be derived from the Hamiltonian equation in the social field.