DRAFT From Is to Ought DRAFT

Introduction

What problem are we solving? The fundamental tension between "is" (the reality of the world as it exists) and "ought" (the desired state of the world) and how we can successfully derive Ought from Is.

Who is this for? Graduate-level readers.

Goal of the Book: Provide epistemological grounding for society.

Is

The territory is not the map

• How Humans Work: 3 loops of processing
• Simulation to Real: Hallucination and Prediction
• Manifolds of Maps: Encoding simulation and reality

(Dis)Agreeing on reality

• Faith in the Mundane: Shared unseen predictable manifold
• Manifold Forcing: Manipulating the environment to match your map
• The Unreasonable Define Reality: Epistemology & propaganda

Recursive Desires

• Conway's Law Expanded: Living systems rebuild their structure
• Humans Expect a Society of Specialization and Heirarchy

Ought

• The Impact of Iteration: Improving a bridge as proof of is → ought
• Homo Sapiens meets Homo Economicus: Bad news sapiens
• Epistemic Evaluation Crisis
• Designing Society for Iteration: Adaptive accretionism