Critical Mass Blog – The Rapid Response Institute

Nuclear physicists define the term, “critical mass” as the amount of fissile material whereby a nuclear reaction is self-sustaining. From that original definition, the construct is further developed along societal and political terms as a function of the environment and number of adopters and their interdependencies that create enough of a consensus for individual actions that sustains an undertaking.

In 1996, the author published the first of several case studies on a societal interaction model based on the Relationships, Behaviors and Conditions (RBC) construct among economic actors. Previously the model was only in the domain of academia.

This blog addresses contemporary issues from the RBC perspective and whether in the present state they are sustainable or not. Many readers may be familiar with the “Innovation Adoption Curve.” RBC seeks to enlighten the causality of behaviors that cause movement towards the critical mass that generates movement along this diffusion curve.