[Pica_soO]

Has there been any attempt to make a periodically oscilatting structure? One that has a structure and then gives it up and regrows one, and so on..

[dredmorbius]

Sortition is one mechanism that's been used. Among the most fascinating articles I've read in the past 4-5 years was Aeon's article on randomness as a choice option (going beyond just leadership):

Michael Schulson, "How to Choose" https://aeon.co/essays/if-you-can-t-choose-wisely-choose-ran...