Programmes
Five interlocking programmes, each applying the consent-friction framework to a different substrate, testing whether the formal machinery generalises. Full papers are published on dissensus.ai.
Consent Mechanics
The formal theory of consent-holding in multi-agent systems. When can delegation be legitimate? What are the structural conditions for valid consent? How do we measure consent deficits?
4 papers Programme IIEconomic Pharmakon
Derivatives as simultaneously remedy and poison. The hedging paradox: when risk management becomes wealth transfer infrastructure. Market microstructure as friction measurement.
3 papers Programme IIICrypto Microstructure
Empirical validation of friction dynamics in cryptocurrency markets. Why do infrastructure failures move markets more than regulatory announcements? The enforcement capacity hypothesis.
4 papers Programme IVProcess Philosophy
Metaphysics, identity, consciousness, substrates, and moral standing. Eliminative and relational approaches to persistent philosophical problems. Substrate-independent criteria for agency and friendship. The Replicator-Optimization Mechanism as meta-theory.
5 papers Programme VComputational Cognition
Machine learning, safety, phenomenology, and the computational basis of cognitive processes. Trauma as training data corruption. Genre mimicry in alignment.
4 papers