TPOCo is original research

Originally, I began writing about TPOCo directly in my Wikipedia sandbox, thinking it would become a public article. But I soon discovered a key limitation:

🔒 Wikipedia does not accept original research.

TPOCo – The Principle of Cooperation and Collaboration, while grounded in decades of scientific work across biology, systems theory, thermodynamics, and psychology, represents a new synthesis — a framework that has not yet been published in peer-reviewed literature.

This means TPOCo qualifies as original interdisciplinary research, which made it ineligible for a Wikipedia article at this stage. So I pivoted — and chose to publish through the Open Science Framework (OSF), a platform built for exactly this kind of early-stage academic exploration and collaboration.

Publishing on OSF allows:

• 📖 Full public access to the paper (free of paywalls)

• 📌 A permanent DOI citation: https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/9a6ne_v2

• 👥 A space for researchers and interdisciplinary thinkers to engage, comment, and collaborate

This process also affirmed what I’ve come to realize:

TPOCo isn’t just a new explanation — it’s new knowledge.

And that’s what makes this moment so meaningful.

🧠 Where We Are Now: The Core Insight of TPOCo

At the heart of everything we’ve developed so far is this central idea:

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Visual representation of the TPOCo cycle using ants to symbolize micro-level biological cooperation.

“Cooperation is the coordinated formation of a group, the joint effort to combine individual potential energy, gain a shared energy source, and structure the distribution of that energy among participants — working in specialized roles — enabling them to live, grow, reproduce, and repeat the process. No individual can achieve this alone.

This principle has operated for billions of years inside every cell of fungi, plants, and animals. It governs interactions between specialized cells within these organisms—and in some species, like ants, wolves, or humans—it also operates between organisms, extending into the complex, energy-sharing structures of human society today.”

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TPOCo Infographic – Detailing the journey from individual energy needs to collective thriving.

This isn’t just a biological truth — it’s a universal pattern that explains how systems thrive, from bacteria to businesses, and from cells to civilizations.

You’ll see this principle woven throughout our research, diagrams, and upcoming content. This is our foundation — and from here, the real journey begins.