Index¶

Drafts authored by 8 parallel agents from 64 surviving candidates after screening. Files in this directory are for curator review only and are not part of the canonical prime catalog.

Summary¶

Drafts produced: 64
Worth curator review (status: candidate): 58
Agent-flagged as likely-reject (status: candidate_likely_reject): 6
Agent-flagged as duplicates of existing primes (skipped before drafting): 7

How to review¶

Each draft is a 7-section V1 file (~250-450 words) plus a frontmatter candidate_metadata block that records: - which existing prime it is structurally closest to (with cosine similarity) - its drafting verdict (draft_fresh vs. draft_with_overlap_warning) - a ## Distinction from Neighbors section spelling out why it is or is not redundant with the closest existing primes

When you decide on each candidate:

Promote: copy to prime_abstractions/v1/{slug}.md, update legacy_number, remove candidate_metadata block, change status to draft.
Reject: leave in place; the file documents your reasoning. Or move to _search_space/candidate_primes_v1/_rejected/.
Defer: leave as-is; review again later.

Drafts worth review (status: candidate)¶

Name	Slug	Origin Domain	Nearest Existing	Sim
Accommodation	`accommodation`	cognitive_science	Human-Centered Accommodation	0.751
Aliasing and Harmonic Distortion	`aliasing_and_harmonic_distortion`	signal_processing	Nonlinearity	0.65
Allometry and Scaling Law	`allometry_and_scaling_law`	biology	Nonlinearity	0.762
Attention and Focus	`attention_and_focus`	psychology	Attention	0.839
Attractor Selection and Basin Control	`attractor_selection_and_basin_control`	dynamical_systems	Controllability	0.688
Authority Delegation Under Uncertainty	`authority_delegation_under_uncertainty`	military_doctrine	Delegation of Authority	0.761
Cognitive Resource Depletion	`cognitive_resource_depletion`	psychology	Cognitive Load	0.716
Commensurability	`commensurability`	decision_analysis	Boundedness	0.726
Coordination Problem and Equilibrium Selection	`coordination_problem_and_equilibrium_selection`	game_theory	Coordination	0.708
Critical Juncture	`critical_juncture`	political_science_history	Path Dependence	0.708
Cultural Friction	`cultural_friction`	anthropology	Cultural Diffusion	0.671
Distributional Assumption	`distributional_assumption`	statistics	Probability	0.693
Environmental Coupling Strength	`environmental_coupling_strength`	systems_thinking_cybernetics	Coupling	0.759
Escape and Leakage	`escape_and_leakage`	fluid_systems	Fail-Safe	0.623
Impedance Mismatch and Coupling Efficiency	`impedance_mismatch_and_coupling_efficiency`	electrical_engineering	Trade-offs	0.668
Institutional Lag	`institutional_lag`	sociology	Culture Lag	0.733
Interference and Contention	`interference_and_contention`	computer_science	Role Conflict	0.705
Legacy Integration	`legacy_integration`	organizational_studies	Periodization	0.624
Measurement and Disturbance	`measurement_and_disturbance`	quantum_mechanics	Observer Effect	0.726
Measurement Uncertainty and Complementarity	`measurement_uncertainty_and_complementarity`	quantum_mechanics	Uncertainty	0.723
Measurement Uncertainty and Observational Noise	`measurement_uncertainty_and_observational_noise`	experimental_design	Uncertainty	0.749
Mediator Availability Constraint	`mediator_availability_constraint`	education_learning_systems	Constraint	0.667
Minimal Modification Principle	`minimal_modification_principle`	modal_logic	Counterfactuals	0.685
Opportunity Asymmetry	`opportunity_asymmetry`	economics	Optionality	0.683
Preference Heterogeneity and Conflict	`preference_heterogeneity_and_conflict`	organizational_psychology	Role Conflict	0.706
Processing Fluency	`processing_fluency`	psychology_behavioral_sciences	Priming	0.672
Public vs. Private Contexts	`public_vs_private_contexts`	social_psychology	Rights vs. Freedoms	0.658
Regulatory Capture	`regulatory_capture`	regulatory_economics	Conservation Laws	0.655
Representational Modality	`representational_modality`	communication_design	Representation	0.71
Responsibility Diffusion	`responsibility_diffusion`	organizational_behavior	Bystander Effect	0.674
Reversibility and Irreversibility	`reversibility_and_irreversibility`	decision_theory	Irreversibility	0.836
Reversibility Horizon	`reversibility_horizon`	decision_analysis	Irreversibility	0.74
Scaling and Scale Dependence	`scaling_and_scale_dependence`	systems_science	Scale Invariance	0.756
Segmentation and Boundary Drawing	`segmentation_and_boundary_drawing`	data_science	Boundary	0.686
Signal Decay and Fadeout	`signal_decay_and_fadeout`	physics	Propagation	0.681
Stereotyping	`stereotyping`	social_psychology	Stereotype Threat	0.716
Stochasticity vs. Determinism	`stochasticity_vs_determinism`	physics	Chaos	0.75
Substitutability	`substitutability`	systems_engineering	Functional Redundancy (Degeneracy)	0.693
Sunk Cost and Irreversible Commitment	`sunk_cost_and_irreversible_commitment`	behavioral_economics	Escalation of Commitment	0.75
Temporal Decay and Degradation	`temporal_decay_and_degradation`	materials_science	Gradual Deterioration	0.754
Temporal Dynamics	`temporal_dynamics`	systems_biology	Time	0.745
Temporal Inconsistency and Preference Reversals	`temporal_inconsistency_and_preference_reversals`	behavioral_economics	Time Preference (Discounting Future)	0.715
Temporal Synchronization and Phase Alignment	`temporal_synchronization_and_phase_alignment`	neuroscience	Synchronization	0.844
Translation and Conceptual Bridging	`translation_and_conceptual_bridging`	linguistics_and_translation_studies	Conceptual Blending	0.649
Value Commensuration	`value_commensuration`	environmental_economics	Aggregation	0.665

Drafts agent flagged as likely-reject (status: candidate_likely_reject)¶

Agents authored these but explicitly recommend rejection. Each file contains a ## Drafting Notes section with the rationale.

Name	Slug	Reason summary
Hysteresis and Path Dependence	`hysteresis_and_path_dependence`	...
Information Asymmetry and Adverse Selection	`information_asymmetry_and_adverse_selection`	...
Information Asymmetry and Hidden Knowledge	`information_asymmetry_and_hidden_knowledge`	...
Redundancy	`redundancy`	...
Sensemaking Narrative	`sensemaking_narrative`	...
Sunk-Cost Fallacy	`sunk_cost_fallacy`	...

Drafts by core idea (one-line excerpts, alphabetical)¶

Accommodation¶

The structural process by which systems or agents modify internal structure, behavior, or frameworks in response to external pressures, inconsistencies, or new information, enabling alignment without rupture. accommodation.md · 432 words · status: candidate

Aliasing and Harmonic Distortion¶

The structural problem that arises when continuous signals are undersampled or discretized at rates insufficient to capture their information content, producing false frequency components or masking effects that corru... aliasing_and_harmonic_distortion.md · 352 words · status: candidate

Allometry and Scaling Law¶

The principle that properties of systems scale nonlinearly with size according to characteristic exponents, with the same mathematical form (power laws) recurring across different domains and scales. allometry_and_scaling_law.md · 407 words · status: candidate

Attention and Focus¶

The cognitive process and structural mechanism by which mental resources are allocated to selected information or tasks while unwanted stimuli are actively suppressed, and the quality of processing deepens when attent... attention_and_focus.md · 430 words · status: candidate

Attractor Selection and Basin Control¶

The structural mechanism by which a system's long-term dynamics are directed toward one of multiple possible stable states (attractors) through manipulation of initial conditions, boundary conditions, or control input... attractor_selection_and_basin_control.md · 562 words · status: candidate

Authority Delegation Under Uncertainty¶

The structural problem of pre-positioning decision authority at the operational level for contingencies that cannot be fully specified or anticipated in advance, enabling rapid distributed action without waiting for c... authority_delegation_under_uncertainty.md · 534 words · status: candidate

Cognitive Resource Depletion¶

The temporal degradation of cognitive capacity, decision quality, and self-regulation arising from sustained or intensive resource consumption without restoration, where available mental resources diminish and perform... cognitive_resource_depletion.md · 498 words · status: candidate

Commensurability¶

Commensurability is the structural property that enables diverse quantities or values to be expressed in a common unit or metric, allowing them to be compared, ranked, and traded off. Without commensurability, heterog... commensurability.md · 483 words · status: candidate

Coordination Problem and Equilibrium Selection¶

A coordination problem arises when multiple stable equilibria exist and agents must align on a single one to achieve joint benefit, but no equilibrium is uniquely specified by the decision structure itself. The proble... coordination_problem_and_equilibrium_selection.md · 493 words · status: candidate

Critical Juncture¶

A critical juncture is a moment in time where outcomes depend sensitively on the specific choice made—small variations produce divergent paths that then become difficult or impossible to reverse. The decision at the j... critical_juncture.md · 536 words · status: candidate

Cultural Friction¶

Cultural friction is the structural collision that occurs when an artifact, practice, or value system introduced from outside encounters incompatibilities with existing cultural norms, worldviews, or social structures... cultural_friction.md · 499 words · status: candidate

Distributional Assumption¶

A distributional assumption is a structural commitment to assume that uncertain quantities follow a specific probability distribution or shape family (normal, exponential, power-law, etc.) when modeling unknown or var... distributional_assumption.md · 532 words · status: candidate

Environmental Coupling Strength¶

Environmental coupling strength quantifies the degree of interaction between a system and its external environment—the rate at which energy, information, or material flows across the system boundary. Strong coupling m... environmental_coupling_strength.md · 569 words · status: candidate

Escape and Leakage¶

Escape and leakage is the structural pattern whereby quantities or entities constrained or desired to remain within a system boundary exit through unintended or underspecified pathways, reducing system effectiveness. ... escape_and_leakage.md · 740 words · status: candidate

Impedance Mismatch and Coupling Efficiency¶

Impedance mismatch and coupling efficiency is the structural phenomenon whereby energy, signal, or influence transfer between two coupled subsystems is inefficient or lossy when their characteristic properties (impeda... impedance_mismatch_and_coupling_efficiency.md · 739 words · status: candidate

Institutional Lag¶

Institutional lag is the temporal maladjustment between fast-changing material conditions or technology and slower-changing formal institutions (laws, regulations, administrative structures, governance frameworks) tha... institutional_lag.md · 787 words · status: candidate

Interference and Contention¶

Interference and contention is the structural phenomenon whereby multiple simultaneous demands or processes compete for access to a single limited resource, pathway, or facility, causing mutual interference and degrad... interference_and_contention.md · 764 words · status: candidate

Legacy Integration¶

Legacy integration is the structural process of maintaining institutional knowledge, practice continuity, or cultural identity across historical ruptures or discontinuous organizational shifts—mergers, leadership tran... legacy_integration.md · 787 words · status: candidate

Measurement and Disturbance¶

The structural challenge of obtaining information about a system while minimizing—or accounting for—the perturbation introduced by the measurement process itself. Every measurement couples the measured system to the m... measurement_and_disturbance.md · 777 words · status: candidate

Measurement Uncertainty and Complementarity¶

Certain pairs of observables in a system cannot be simultaneously specified with arbitrary precision due to their complementary relationship in the system's fundamental structure. A measurement that precisely specifie... measurement_uncertainty_and_complementarity.md · 758 words · status: candidate

Measurement Uncertainty and Observational Noise¶

The structural separation between a system's true state and the observed or measured state, where the difference—noise—arises from instrument precision limits, observer error, random environmental variation, or system... measurement_uncertainty_and_observational_noise.md · 800 words · status: candidate

Mediator Availability Constraint¶

The structural limitation that expert guidance, human mentorship, or authoritative feedback is scarce relative to demand, asynchronous (cannot be provided in real time), or expensive in terms of expert time per learne... mediator_availability_constraint.md · 790 words · status: candidate

Minimal Modification Principle¶

When constructing counterfactual scenarios—imagining alternative worlds where a condition is false—a fundamental principle constrains which alternatives are legitimate: **preserve as many true facts as possible about ... minimal_modification_principle.md · 898 words · status: candidate

Opportunity Asymmetry¶

Opportunity asymmetry is the structural property that different agents in a system have unequal access to actions, resources, or favorable outcomes based on their position, endowments, constraints, or institutional lo... opportunity_asymmetry.md · 928 words · status: candidate

Preference Heterogeneity and Conflict¶

Preference heterogeneity and conflict is the structural condition where different agents in a system hold substantively incompatible preferences, goals, or values that cannot simultaneously be fully satisfied, creatin... preference_heterogeneity_and_conflict.md · 783 words · status: candidate

Processing Fluency¶

Processing fluency is the subjective ease with which cognitive operations proceed on a stimulus, directly influencing evaluative judgments, preference formation, and decision-making independently of stimulus content o... processing_fluency.md · 858 words · status: candidate

Public vs. Private Contexts¶

Public vs. private contexts is the structural distinction between decisions and behaviors made in front of an audience (where reputation, face-saving, and social evaluation shape motivation) versus decisions and behav... public_vs_private_contexts.md · 808 words · status: candidate

Regulatory Capture¶

A structural dynamic in which agents nominally regulated by an institution (such as a firm or industry) gain influence over or control of that institution's decision-making, redirecting it to serve their private inter... regulatory_capture.md · 533 words · status: candidate

Representational Modality¶

The choice of medium through which information is encoded and transmitted—visual, auditory, tactile, olfactory, or multimodal—fundamentally shapes what can be expressed, what is easily understood, and what actions b... representational_modality.md · 541 words · status: candidate

Responsibility Diffusion¶

A structural paradox in which spreading an obligation or responsibility across multiple agents reduces each individual agent's sense of personal accountability, producing net accountability decline despite distribut... responsibility_diffusion.md · 560 words · status: candidate

Reversibility and Irreversibility¶

The structural property of whether actions, decisions, or system transitions can be undone, reverted, or restored to prior state. Reversibility governs risk tolerance, commitment discipline, and option value—reversibl... reversibility_and_irreversibility.md · 605 words · status: candidate

Reversibility Horizon¶

A temporal threshold beyond which the economic or practical cost of reversal exceeds the cost of committing forward, transforming a nominally reversible decision into an effectively irreversible one. The horizon dep... reversibility_horizon.md · 613 words · status: candidate

Scaling and Scale Dependence¶

Patterns, behaviors, constraints, and causal mechanisms often change qualitatively with scale, not merely in magnitude. The dominant physics, bottlenecks, and control mechanisms differ at different scales, requiring... scaling_and_scale_dependence.md · 627 words · status: candidate

Segmentation and Boundary Drawing¶

The process of partitioning a continuous domain into discrete categories via boundary placement, where boundaries concentrate meaning and classification structure. The boundaries themselves encode the essential logic ... segmentation_and_boundary_drawing.md · 601 words · status: candidate

Signal Decay and Fadeout¶

Signal decay and fadeout is the structural pattern whereby a signal, influence, or effect systematically weakens or diminishes over time or distance, following predictable decay laws. The magnitude of effect decreases... signal_decay_and_fadeout.md · 547 words · status: candidate

Stereotyping¶

Stereotyping is the cognitive process by which agents apply generalized category beliefs to individual members of that category, using simplified mental shortcuts that compress individual variation into categorical ar... stereotyping.md · 547 words · status: candidate

Stochasticity vs. Determinism¶

Stochasticity vs. determinism is the fundamental structural distinction between systems whose behavior is fully determined by prior state (deterministic) and systems with intrinsic randomness or fundamental unpredicta... stochasticity_vs_determinism.md · 582 words · status: candidate

Substitutability¶

Substitutability is the structural property that one entity or component can replace another without causing functional degradation or with only controllable loss of capability. It is the degree to which a system's cr... substitutability.md · 538 words · status: candidate

Sunk Cost and Irreversible Commitment¶

Sunk cost and irreversible commitment is the structural pattern where the magnitude of resources already expended creates a barrier to reversal: sunk costs are economically irrelevant to rational forward-looking decis... sunk_cost_and_irreversible_commitment.md · 615 words · status: candidate

Temporal Decay and Degradation¶

The structural pattern in which system properties, capabilities, materials, or information quality systematically diminish over time through use, environmental exposure, natural processes, or organizational context sh... temporal_decay_and_degradation.md · 596 words · status: candidate

Temporal Dynamics¶

The structural property that a system's behavior, outcomes, and resilience depend fundamentally on the timing, sequencing, and duration of events—not just their occurrence. The when and order of actions or conditi... temporal_dynamics.md · 642 words · status: candidate

Temporal Inconsistency and Preference Reversals¶

The structural pattern in which an agent's stated preference ordering or commitment reverses as the decision horizon approaches, violating transitivity and consistency assumptions. An agent claims preference for X ove... temporal_inconsistency_and_preference_reversals.md · 670 words · status: candidate

Temporal Synchronization and Phase Alignment¶

The structural property of how multiple independent processes with different natural periods interact when their phases align or misalign. Phase alignment (synchronization) creates coherence and amplification; phase m... temporal_synchronization_and_phase_alignment.md · 694 words · status: candidate

Translation and Conceptual Bridging¶

The structural process of converting concepts, meanings, representations, or knowledge from one domain, linguistic framework, or conceptual system to another. Translation is not merely substitution of terms; it requir... translation_and_conceptual_bridging.md · 696 words · status: candidate

Value Commensuration¶

The structural problem of translating heterogeneous, incommensurable values into a common metric or framework to enable aggregation, comparison, and trade-off evaluation. Different stakeholders often value outcomes in... value_commensuration.md · 682 words · status: candidate