Human beings have an innate psychological need for coherence. Anton Antonovsky, a medical sociologist, introduced the concept of the to explain why some people manage stress better than others. SOC relies on three pillars:
At its simplest, coherence refers to the quality of being logical, consistent, and forming a unified whole. Derived from the Latin cohaerentem ("to stick together"), coherence is the glue of existence. Coherence
Alignment amplifies power. Without coherence, energy is wasted as heat and noise. With coherence, energy becomes surgical, focused, and exponentially more powerful. Human beings have an innate psychological need for coherence
: Avoid linking ideas solely by sequence. Replace chronological transitions with causal ones. Instead of saying "X happened, and then Y happened," reframe it as "X happened, which forced Y to happen." a medical sociologist