Social Thermodynamics: The Physics of Inequality

Send us Fan Mail Read the article on Substack Another team of researchers traced the origins of inequality using what they call the "Energy Hierarchy Inequality Hypothesis." They discovered that inequality isn't just a side effect of human greed—it's the predictable result of an ancient algorithm we've been unconsciously following for thousands of years. The algorithm works like this: More energy per person → Larger institutionsLarger institutions → Deeper hierarchiesDeeper hierarchies → Expo...