1. Authority Is the Structured Allocation of Influence

Influence becomes scalable only when distributed by principle.

• Authority is the pattern by which action is sanctioned.
• It substitutes interpersonal negotiation with role-based expectation.

Command is coherence with fewer voices.

2. Authority Emerges from Trust and Predictability

Authority is stable only when it reflects anticipated outcomes.

• Authority is accepted when its judgements match known truths.
• Its legitimacy is a function of reliability, not power.

The leader who surprises least lasts longest.

3. Authority Reduces Decision Load Through Delegation

Individuals offload agency to preserve cognitive economy.

• Authority becomes a vector for communal automation.
• It enables faster action by removing deliberation.

Delegation is trust encoded into structure.

4. Authority Risks Inversion Without Accountability

Unchecked authority severs its coherence with reality.

• Power accumulates noise unless filtered by consequence.
• Authority must face the systems it affects.

When power answers to none, it stops answering to truth.

5. Authority Enables Scaling of Coherent Action

Sustained structure requires authority to synchronise parts.

• Authority is a rhythm imposes on autonomous agents.
• Its presence turns chaos into function.

Influence scales only by alignment.