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In the view of Jaynes (1957), thermodynamic entropy, as explained by statistical mechanics, should be seen as an application of Shannon's information theory: the thermodynamic entropy is interpreted as being proportional to the amount of further Shannon information needed to define the detailed microscopic state of the system, that remains uncommunicated by a description solely in terms of the macroscopic variables of classical thermodynamics, with the constant of proportionality being just ...
Keeping the entropy low for the defined system is not the only consideration in sustainable development. A very low entropy state is one of identical molecules in a matrix equally spaced apart; not a viable development situation. In addition to low entropy one also needs a certain degree of complexity or diversity. (See Signs of Life: How Complexity Pervades Biology.) One only has to look at nature to see low entropy and complexity work together. (See Biomimicry.) What is needed is low entropy and high complexity.