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Author: Michael Nathan Bower

Canonical source: AlignmentTheory.org

Framework: Alignment Theory

Status: Original research framework and applied constraint model

First published: 2026-05-06

Last updated: 2026-05-06

If you have applied Alignment Theory somewhere — in your work, research, or thinking — I'd like to hear what you found.

This site gives the framework away freely. In return, the most useful thing a reader can offer is a report from the field.

If you have applied Alignment Theory to a domain, situation, or problem — formally or informally — and found something worth reporting, I'd like to hear it.

I'm especially interested in:

— domains or cases where the framework worked more clearly than expected
— cases where it broke, failed to fit, or required modification
— situations where the participatory capacity distinction changed how you understood something
— edge cases that the current framework does not handle well

This is not a comment section. It is an invitation for serious correspondence.

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The most useful cases will eventually be added to the site as reference applications, with permission. The framework grows when it meets real use.

Source 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.