I read neuroscientist Karl Friston’s paper “The Free-Energy Principle: A Unified Brain Theory.” I think I’ve decided not to apply…
Category: agency
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Working Log v0.4. Change: Repair, Subjectivity
It’s been, what, a month now that I’ve been stuck on defining Repair? It seemed like such a broad topic…
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Refusal as a Condition of Ethics
Domination produces objecthood. When people act under conditions where refusal is not meaningfully available, they do not experience themselves as…
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Working Log: Agency-Preserving Coordination & Exit Framework
I wanted to write down the basic structure of what I’m presenting to keep thoughts organized. This isn’t finished or…
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The Agency-Preserving Domination Minimization Principle
“In matters of boots, I defer to the bootmaker,”1 is a quote that brings to mind the necessity of authority…
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Working Log v0.3. Change: Asymmetry, Hysteresis, Repair
Something that’s become unavoidable as I keep refining this model is that the system is not symmetric. I’ve been describing…
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A Small Note on Graeber and Formalization
In The Utopia of Rules, Graeber repeatedly argues that bureaucracy is not neutral coordination but a form of structural violence…
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Working Log v0.2. Change: Adding Gain Dynamics, Removing Vigilance Floor
For new readers, I recommend going over my original post before reading this update.My friend “M,” an AI and math…
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Working Log: Sexy Werewolf Loop v0.1
Here’s my initial description of the “Sexy Werewolf Loop,” which is my nickname for the agency-expansion feedback loop I identified…
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