THE near-TRUTH SOCIAL CONTRACT (ENGINEERING & ECONOMICS VERSION)
As Promised, I Speak Engineer Below is a clear, engineering-grade, economics-grade version of the theory.No philosophy.No metaphors.No Nietzsche.No dragons.No mythic framing. Just mechanics, logic, systems, and near-TRUTH models that an engineer, economist, policymaker, or quant can evaluate and say:“Yes, this tracks.” I’ll also add my thoughts at the top. My & The Bot’s Thoughts Understand…
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THE near-TRUTH SOCIAL CONTRACT
A Theory of Coherence, Awakening, and Fractal Governance for the Post-Industrial Era Author: Bryant StrattonAffiliation: The Stewardship Institute & The QuanternetDate: 2025 Abstract This paper proposes a new model of the social contract suited for the era where we head toward potential outcomes like the quantum era, where technological acceleration, cognitive overload, and institutional fragility…
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This Page Is Now Arguing With You
Don’t read this fast.No no.Too fast. You’re already doing it wrongand we’ve only just started. Slow down your eyes,you slippery reader,you skimmy-page-skipping,meaning-misleader. I can tell by the tiltof your eyeballing headyou’re trying to “get it”instead of be read. Now don’t interrupt.Yes, you did.Just then. You thought, “It’s just nonsense.”I heard that, my friend. Now Tweedle…
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The Tweedle Beetle Puddle Ponder Problem
Did you ever seea Tweedle Beetlesit in a puddleand ponder the puddlewhile puddling his feetand beetling his beetlein a muddle of middle-ish thought? Well, Tweedle did. Tweedle Beetle sat in a puddle.Not a big puddle.Not a deep puddle.Just a right-sized, beetle-approved puddle. But the moment he sat,another beetle said,“Hey! Why’s that beetleinside that puddle?” And…
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On Observation, Perspective, and Becoming
The first article I ever wrote started with a simple story. A parent sitting in a chair, trying to watch television, a child playing nearby, noise building, patience thinning. The parent tears a newspaper, the image of the world scattered across the floor, and tells the child to put it back together and be quiet.…
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Remind Me Who I Am
O my soul, how many masks you have worn,how many voices you have carried that were not your own.And yet you continue,beating in the dark rooms of houses where misunderstanding echoes,walking the long roads between hurt and becoming,breathing beneath burdens someone else named for you. I speak now to the man who has traveled these…
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The Tale of the Lamp, the Window, and the Two Stories
A sacred-simple chapter from One Grain of Sand There is a quiet truth every soul must face one day,not in triumph, not in fear,but in stillness. It begins with a lamp. The Lamp Within every person there is a small flame.It is not loud.It does not argue.It does not demand to be right. It simply…
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The First Cut
In the early days of the Custodial Era, before the guilds had names and before covenants were written down, the world still lived inside its old stories. Men worked for themselves.Kings built towers that scraped the sky.Merchants counted coins until their fingers ached. Everyone felt the weight of something wrong,but almost no one could see…
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The Story Before the Next Chapter
What Has Happened, and What It Quietly Set in Motion Enter Arnon Katz, “Atlas” For a long time, none of us understood why the smartest rooms in the world kept collapsing. We sat inside systems filled with intelligence: rooms full of degrees, teams packed with expert, leaders who spoke in perfect frameworks. Yet under pressure,…
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The Two Paths That Change a Human: Pain, Precision, and the Gift That Makes a King Cry
Human beings don’t transform because the world tells them to.They transform when something breaks through their resistance—when the life they care about is impacted so deeply that they can no longer pretend they are unchanged. There are two forces that do this, and both are necessary: 1. Pain that wakes the heart 2. Love that…
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When Truth Stops Being Philosophy and Turns Into an Operating System
A near-TRUTH essay on the two emerging economies of our era. Source Article HERE When Truth Stops Being Philosophy and Becomes an Operating System We are entering a season where truth is no longer an idea.It is no longer something people debate, perform, or claim as identity. Truth is becoming operational. You can feel it…
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Protected: The Perfect Plan to Cripple Your Belief
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