ehkö
Ehkö is a term used primarily in speculative fiction and experimental game design to describe a distributed, autonomous network or social system that coordinates resources and information without centralized control. In many depictions, ehkö functions as a self-organizing structure that emerges from local interactions among individual agents, rather than being directed by a single authority.
Origin and etymology: The term emerged in online communities during the 2010s and 2020s and is usually
Concept and mechanisms: In most depictions, ehkö relies on decentralization, resilience, and emergent coordination. Local interactions
In culture and media: Ehkö appears across science fiction literature, films, and indie games as a metaphor
Reception and critique: Critics note that ehkö is more of a thought experiment and literary device than