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Constitutional principle
Connective Dynamics
To understand that living systems change through the quality of their connections.
Canonical definition
Connective Dynamics is the study and practice of how relationships between parts produce the behavior of the whole.
Why it exists
Because governance, learning, and memory all depend on the shape of the connections between them.
What it is not
- — Networking.
- — A social graph.
- — Engagement design.
Examples
- — How Archive intake connects to Academy learning.
- — How stewardship review connects to Public Knowledge publication.
Steward responsibilities
- — Design for healthy connective flow.
- — Refuse patterns that concentrate power in single nodes.
Future considerations
- — Systemic resilience across decades.