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Grounded in indicative evidence of how the world we ought to inhabit actually behaves, this space operates as a laboratory of thought and practice, where probing meets strategy, and ideas are tested at the messy edge of self-organization and collective agency in open systems.

Core Premise:

Across contexts and scales, self-organizing systems are set apart from other forms of organization by four recurring structural elements.

A Negative Feedback Loop

Stabilizes the system by dampening deviations, allowing boundaries to emerge as patterns of regulation rather than fixed borders.

Agents Identification

Differentiates aligned agents from the environment through a clear principle of differentiation and a method of identification.

vision

A grand - narrative that provides a shared interpretive frame that aligns perception and action toward preferred future states.

Explicit Rules

Translate vision into actionable rules for evaluating progress toward preferred states.

Main Assumption:

Emerging patterns of self-organization persist and regulate the social environment by developing these four structural elements:

A Negative Feedback Loop

Consensus mechanisms through which the boundaries of Earth’s living systems can be inferred and understood as a socioecological system.

Agents Identification

Alignment is defined by non-violent, non-monopolistic action; dentification is achieved through an agent’s ability to construct a coherent life story over time.

vision

An open and democratic society grounded in humanity and civility, anchored in the principle of equality in interpreting events in the environment.

Explicit Rules

Voluntary participation; decision-making proportional to the risks undertaken by agents; value-aligned goals; and strong local autonomy.

Practical Orientation:

I study how self-organizing social patterns emerge, learn, and adapt beyond existing institutions. My work connects systems thinking, regenerative practice, and the Free Energy Principle to explore new forms of coherence, agency, and collective navigation—opening pathways for building the next social system.

for system thinkers

Here you can find new ways to understand coherence in social systems

for regenerative movements

Practical tools for regenerative movements to make tacit knowledge legible and relational capital measurable.

for Free Energy Principle scholars

Conceptualizing the social level of organization as collective navigation within the speech-act problem space.

For philanthropists

Identifying and distinguishing regenerative movements with the potential to generate durable, long-term social impact at an early stage.

Open Societies
April 11, 2023
NOTE 017
Consensus on shared values strengthens social commitments and can trustlessly stabilize Earth's living systems.
Open Societies
March 15, 2021
NOTE 011
An open society rests on the belief that the future can be better than the past.
Open Societies
December 14, 2020
NOTE 010
An open society preserves its character by maintaining the capacity to adapt both its social rules and direction, remaining poised between chaos and stagnation.
Open Societies
February 20, 2020
NOTE 008
Let the journey towards a better future bring you closer to the life you deserve to experience
Open Societies
March 19, 2018
NOTE 004
A better future is as much a point in time as the Promised Land is a territory.
Open Societies
July 23, 2016
NOTE 002
Look beyond the decaying institutions and into the dynamics that endure.
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