Cohesion Spectrum v.2 – Zones and Trajectories on the Autonomy Plane – Velitchkov and Grant (2026)

IVO VELITCHKOV AND JOHN GRANT
MAY 03, 2026

In all socio-technical systems, there is a tension between autonomy and cohesion. Every system finds a way to deal with this tension, or it collapses if it fails to do so for long.

This essay is part of the Autonomy and Cohesion series, which includes an earlier one-dimensional version of the Cohesion Spectrum.

Cohesion Spectrum v.2 – by Ivo Velitchkov and John Grant
https://www.linkandth.ink/p/cohesion-spectrum-v2