Zones and Trajectories on the Autonomy Plane

Power asymmetries have consistently driven the pursuits of egalitarian ideals. Some of them had lasting consequences: Athenian democratic reforms, the Gracchi brother's land reforms in Ancient Rome, the Venetian republic, the Peasants revolt in the Middle ...

The first cohesion spectrum was simple and formed a nice acronym, CABIN. It had some zones right. It also had serious issues, but exposing them was helpful in this journey. When trying to find solutions for them, I realized two things. One is that I need t...

The viability and welfare of socio-technical systems depend on their ability to balance autonomy and cohesion. Is that true for other systems? Yes, it is remarkably universal. It works for biological systems like bacteria or elephants and social systems li...