The Collective Action Spectrum
From isolation to coordination: trust lubricates every transition
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Price signals
I
Market exchange
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Contracts
II
Legal agreements
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Norms & customs
III
Social pressure
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Shared identity
IV
Cultural bonds
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Trust
V
Voluntary partnership
Individual actionFull coordination
Each mechanism builds on the ones before it
Select a stage to explore its coordination mechanism
Trust does not replace contracts: it enables the coordination contracts alone cannot reach.