Papers
Current serious writing grouped by role: the core framework notes, the stress test series, the AI branch, and the earlier archive.
Core Framework Notes
CurrentRead online
Load-Bearing Function, Participatory Capacity, and the Four Modes of Support
DefineBoundary Conditions and Failure Cases of Alignment Theory
DefineWhat the Framework Actually Claims
DefineParticipation, Co-Regulation, and Substitution
DefineStress Test Series — Canonical Core
TestSix papers that demonstrate the framework with the greatest clarity — where load-bearing functions are most identifiable, the perturbation test has observable consequences, and the domain's own literature already tracks a version of the distinction. Start here to understand what the stress test series is actually claiming.
Shared Core Structure Across Domains
MetaBiological Stress Test
CoreAddiction and Recovery Stress Test
CoreEducation Stress Test
CoreReligion and Spiritual Formation Stress Test
CoreOrganizational Systems Stress Test
CoreCommunity and High-Control Groups Stress Test
CoreStress Test Series — Full Set
TestEconomic Stress Test
PaperParenting and Development Stress Test
PaperHealth Behavior and Lifestyle Change Stress Test
PaperPolitical Systems and Control Stress Test
PaperLeadership and Authority Stress Test
PaperSocial Media and Information Stress Test
PaperConflict and Polarization Stress Test
PaperTechnology Adoption Stress Test
PaperThermodynamic 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 and Human Participation
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 / Archive
ArchiveThese pages represent an earlier stage of the project organized around an internal/external alignment distinction. That framing remains conceptually useful in places, but the framework is now better stated through the revised participatory-capacity model. They are preserved here as archival record, not as the current framework entry points.