MentherisWhen technology and human capacityfall out of step,what does the gap look like?
The second session went deeper into the conceptual framework itself: its components, the dynamics between equilibrium and disequilibrium, and what the adaptive gap looks like across individual, organisational and societal levels.
- Date
- 25 June 2026 · 15:30 CET / 16:30 EET
- Duration
- 60 minutes
- Format
- Online · Free
- Facilitator
- Dr. Elena Puica · Mentheris
- Status
- Past session
The question behind the session
Where the inquiry began.
Session 1 introduced the concept of Technology–Human Disequilibrium and the conditions under which it emerges.
Session 2 went deeper into the conceptual framework itself: its components, the dynamics between equilibrium and disequilibrium, and what the adaptive gap looks like across individual, organizational, and societal levels. The session examined the structural drivers of technological expansion, the limits of human adaptive capacity, and the multi-level consequences when the two fall out of step.
The question
When technology and human capacity fall out of step, what does the adaptive gap look like?
What we examined
Following the question through the system.
Structural drivers of expansion
The session examined the structural drivers of technological expansion: the forces that keep development moving faster than human systems can follow.
Limits of adaptive capacity
Against that acceleration sit the limits of human adaptive capacity: the time human systems need to understand, integrate and use what changes.
Equilibrium and disequilibrium
The framework describes the dynamics between equilibrium and disequilibrium: how balance is lost, and under what conditions it returns.
Consequences across levels
The adaptive gap appears across individual, organizational, and societal levels, with consequences at each.
Central concept
Technology–HumanDisequilibrium
A systemic imbalance that emerges when technological development advances faster than the ability of human systems to understand, integrate, and effectively use it.
This session draws on the theory-building conceptual paper Technology–Human Disequilibrium: A conceptual paper for human-centered technological systems (Puica, 2026, Mentheris). Read the paper
Ideas examined
Ideas the session placed under examination.
The framework has moving parts.
Session 2 opened up the components of Technology–Human Disequilibrium and the dynamics between equilibrium and disequilibrium.
The gap is multi-level.
The adaptive gap appears across individual, organizational, and societal levels, and looks different at each.
Session materials
Continue the inquiry
The conversation is part of a larger body of work.
Research Dialogues are not isolated events. They create spaces where Mentheris research can be questioned, expanded and connected to other perspectives.
The inquiry continues
Human-centered transformation
The third session explores how disequilibrium produces knowledge fragmentation, and why meaningful collaboration becomes structurally difficult in accelerating technological environments.