40 Of Uncoupled and Coupled Modes

The first of the four coordination modes in the dynamical landscape might seem a bit contradictory, though it's a mode all the same. When the coupling strength in the Coordination Law equation is zero, although individual coordinating elements may have the potential for collective coordination, they are at that moment uncoupled. They are free from one another, unbound and uncorrelated. Without coupling, they're free to do their own thing, to move and act independently. No self-organizing coordination between them and other elements can happen, no matter how similar or different their intrinsic properties might be. The mantra is, “no coupling, no coordination”. The uncoupled mode allows for the free movement expression of individual elements, their autonomy.