Entropic Governance Framework (EGF)

What Is EGF?

The Entropic Governance Framework (EGF) provides a physics-grounded foundation for reasoning about governance, sustainability, and allocation under real physical limits.

Rather than treating sustainability as a moral slogan or a purely economic optimisation problem, EGF treats entropy as the invariant constraint on all organised systems.

EGF does not prescribe political ideologies, economic models, or institutional designs. It provides a stable reference layer beneath them — a way to make trade-offs explicit, constraints legible, and long-term viability assessable.

New to EGF?
If you are a policymaker, practitioner, or decision-maker looking for a practical entry point, begin here:

Start here: A practitioner-oriented introduction to the Entropic Governance Framework

Canonical Documents

The EGF specification is defined by a small set of stable, citable documents. All documents are publicly available and versioned for long-term reference.

• EGF–W1 · The Entropic Governance Framework (Whitepaper)
  Conceptual overview and synthesis of the framework, including motivation, scope, and orientation.
  Status: Core Reference · Version 1.0
  Canonical scholarly record (EGF–W1): archived and registered on the Open Science Framework · DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/NYM37
• EGF–A1 · The Axioms of Entropic Governance
  Foundational, non-negotiable axioms defining the physical and ethical constraints of EGF.
  Status: Normative (Core) · Version 1.0
• EGF–D1 · Definitions & Glossary
  Canonical terminology, including detailed definitions and illustrative examples covering humans, institutions, and artificial agents.
  Status: Normative Support · Version 1.0
• EGF–N1 · Clarifications & Scope
  Clarifications intended to prevent recurring misinterpretations of EGF.
  Status: Informative (Non-Normative)
• EGF–R1 · Research Agenda
  Research priorities, open questions, and exploratory directions for EGF development.
  Status: Informative (Non-Normative)
• EGF–AN1 · Author’s Note
  Author context note: intent, framing, and scope boundaries.
  Status: Informative (Non-Normative)

A complete registry of documents is available at:

→ https://entropicgovernance.org/docs/

Scope and Intent

• Different economic systems
• High automation and AI-mediated environments
• Energy transitions and technological change
• Pluralistic ethical and cultural contexts

It is intended as a reference standard, not a proprietary system or a policy platform.

Correspondence
Comments, critique, and inquiries regarding the Entropic Governance Framework (EGF) may be directed to:

egf@entropicgovernance.org