## Research Threads (to Explore Together) ### Research Thread 1: Energy Humps in Chemistry - Activation energy - Catalysis - Reaction coordinate diagrams Links to add. --- ### Research Thread 2: Social Analogues of Activation Energy - Coordination costs - Trust formation - Transaction costs Links to add. --- ### Research Thread 3: Crisis vs Catalyst - War-time innovation - Crisis-driven coordination - Limits of “heating the system” Links to add. --- ### Research Thread 4: Institutions as Energy-Channeling Structures - What institutions do - Why they release productivity - Failure modes Links to add. --- ### Research Thread 5: Digital Institutions - DAOs - Software-mediated governance - Legal status Links to add. --- ### Research Thread 6: Guides as Institutions - Publishing as governance - Living documents - Contributor loops Links to add. --- ### Research Thread 7: Catalytic Failure and Trust - Credibility thresholds - Coordination games Links to add. --- ### Research Thread 8: Proof Before Scale - Pilots - Demonstration effects - Learning vs delivery Links to add. --- ### Research Thread 9: Coordination Without Charisma - Institutional coordination - Limits of marketing and personality Links to add. --- ### Research Thread 10: Institutional Catalysis (Naming + Framing) - Existing terms - Overlaps - Hitchhikers positioning Links to add.