Cosmos of Possibility: The Architecture of Becoming 11 Political Possibility

Possibility is never evenly distributed. Collective and individual actualisations are always shaped by power, access, and exclusion. Political structures — from governance and law to social norms and economic systems — delineate who can act, what actions are feasible, and which potentials are suppressed.

Political possibility operates through three intertwined mechanisms:

1. Access — Control over resources, knowledge, and networks determines who can realise which potentials.

2. Constraint — Laws, norms, and institutional structures restrict what is permissible or achievable.

3. Enablement — Policy, social organisation, and collective action create conditions for new possibilities to emerge.

The cosmos of human possibility is therefore inherently relational and co-individuated. Individual and collective potentials unfold within political fields, shaped by the interplay of opportunity, restriction, and initiative. What seems “possible” is never a pure abstraction; it is the outcome of relational entanglements that enable some actualisations while foreclosing others.

Understanding political possibility illuminates how human worlds are structured: it is not enough to examine potential in isolation; we must examine who gets to inhabit, navigate, and extend the field of becoming.