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A curated archive of current framework notes, stress tests, branch papers, and earlier formulations. Older material remains visible, but the current framework and current stress test papers carry the highest emphasis.
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Core Framework Notes
CurrentOpen artifact
Load-Bearing Function, Participatory Capacity, and the Four Modes of Support
NoteBoundary Conditions and Failure Cases of Alignment Theory
NoteWhat the Framework Actually Claims
NoteParticipation, Co-Regulation, and Substitution
NoteStress Test Series
CurrentShared Core Structure Across Domains
MetaBiological Stress Test
PaperEducation Stress Test
PaperEconomic Stress Test
PaperAddiction and Recovery Stress Test
PaperParenting and Development Stress Test
PaperHealth Behavior and Lifestyle Change Stress Test
PaperOrganizational Systems Stress Test
PaperPolitical Systems and Control Stress Test
PaperLeadership and Authority Stress Test
PaperCommunity and High-Control Groups Stress Test
PaperSocial Media and Information Stress Test
PaperConflict and Polarization Stress Test
PaperTechnology Adoption Stress Test
PaperThermodynamic Stress Test
PaperReligion and Spiritual Formation Stress Test
PaperSuffering and Hidden Structure Stress Test
PaperMeaning Formation and Suffering Stress Test
PaperSelf-Help and Human Formation Stress Test
PaperWhy Structural Dependence Hides Behind Functional Success
PaperAI Branch
ApplyAI Civilization and Human Formation
BranchWhy Multiple Fields Are Converging on the Same AI Question
PaperWhy the Present May Be Safer Than Success
PaperLoad-Bearing Human Capacities in the AI Age
PaperEarlier Framing
ArchiveAI Alignment and Alignment Theory
ArchiveOn the Inner / Outer Distinction
ArchiveBiological Stress Test - Earlier Version
ArchiveArchive PDFs
RepositoryBiological Stress Test PDF
PDFWhy Structural Dependence Hides Behind Functional Success PDF
PDFWhy Multiple Fields Are Converging on the Same AI Question PDF
PDFSource and Context
This concept is part of Alignment Theory, an original framework by Michael Nathan Bower. It should be understood in relation to the broader constraint model of internal alignment, external alignment, coherence, fragmentation, collapse, and recovery.