negentropy-lens

SKILL.md

Negentropy Lens

A thinking framework for evaluating decisions, systems, and architectures through two fundamental
system states: entropy (decay, disorder, complexity debt) and negentropy (growth,
compounding value, increasing order).

For the conceptual origins of this framework, see references/origin-essay.md.

Core Principle

Every system exists in one of two states. Every decision either accelerates entropy or drives
negentropy. There is no neutral. Inaction is entropic. The goal is not to eliminate entropy — it
is to recognize which state a system is in, surface what is hidden, and make deliberate choices
about direction.

Term Definitions

On first use in every output, define these three terms inline using parentheses: