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Realms of governance

Fifteen headings, ground up. What is real, who is formed, and what a place runs on.

01OntologyWhat a household, a tool, a place, and a person are.02EpistemologyHow a claim gets believed, and what will not be relativized.03CreationWhy anything should be built. Telos. Stewardship before extraction.04FamilyThe household as the first polity. Who eats, who decides, who is formed.05RelationshipsHow people stay in one work without one swallowing the others.06EnergyPower density and the order of build. Heat before ornament.07Water and wasteWhat comes in, what leaves, and what poisons the next household.08Food and landThe living loop as the substrate of a civilization.09ArchitectureEnvelope, structure, services. A house from the ground up.10Commons and lawHow more than one household shares a well, a wire, a road, a decision.11EconomicsWhat pays for the place. Ownership, labor, scarcity, incentives.12TransmissionHow a stranger can fork the model. Publish the principles, not the household.13HealthBodies in the settlement. Care on site, and what requires a city.14DefenseForce a household may use, and the threshold before any commons does.15VocationsThe roles a settlement actually staffs. Farmers, technicians, academics.

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Start Here Research Philosophy About Subscribe Account Truth Wisdom Perspective Health Family Economics Civilizations OntologyWhat a household, a tool, a place, and a person are.EpistemologyHow a claim gets believed, and what will not be relativized.CreationWhy anything should be built. Telos. Stewardship before extraction.FamilyThe household as the first polity. Who eats, who decides, who is formed.RelationshipsHow people stay in one work without one swallowing the others.EnergyPower density and the order of build. Heat before ornament.Water and wasteWhat comes in, what leaves, and what poisons the next household.Food and landThe living loop as the substrate of a civilization.ArchitectureEnvelope, structure, services. A house from the ground up.Commons and lawHow more than one household shares a well, a wire, a road, a decision.EconomicsWhat pays for the place. Ownership, labor, scarcity, incentives.TransmissionHow a stranger can fork the model. Publish the principles, not the household.HealthBodies in the settlement. Care on site, and what requires a city.DefenseForce a household may use, and the threshold before any commons does.VocationsThe roles a settlement actually staffs. Farmers, technicians, academics.

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