tegutsust

Tegutsust is a neologism used to describe a social-psychological mechanism in which individuals align their actions through indirect, low-cost signals, enabling coordinated behavior in decentralized networks without centralized control. The term does not appear in established scholarly literature and is largely found in speculative writing and online discussions about digital collaboration.

The concept emphasizes emergent coordination: participants respond to observed cues such as timing, participation in micro-actions, or small adjustments, producing self-organizing patterns. Tegutsust differs from explicit contracts or hierarchical governance in that it relies on shared norms and local interactions rather than formal rules.

Applications are discussed in analyses of open-source projects, online communities, and community-driven initiatives where trust and cooperation are maintained through repeated, low-stakes interactions rather than formal agreements. The mechanism is often linked to ideas of stigmergy and social signaling, as small signals accumulate to guide collective action.

Relation to related ideas includes stigmergy, swarm intelligence, social signaling, mutualism, and distributed governance. Some writers explore tegutsust as a framework for understanding resilience in digital cooperation and decentralized networks.

Notes: Tegutsust remains a nascent term with limited usage and no standardized measurement. Future work may seek formal definitions, operational criteria, and case studies to clarify its applicability and boundaries.