# Changelog

**Versioned history of the Anthrocybernetics Course Foundation**

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## v2 — 2026-06-25

**Major revision.** Replaces the Dunbar's-number framing with the Oscillator Model.

### Updated (session 2, 2026-06-25 evening)
- **`oscillator-model.md` §5.5 NEW** — Honest-vs-Functional Tension section. Acknowledges Granovetter strong/weak ties as an axis the model does NOT capture; ego-depletion replication crisis (Hagger 23-lab d=0.04, 2021 multi-site N≈3500) means the energy metaphor has no proven physiological substrate; symmetric-ζ erases Gottman's one-sided-repair pattern (the strongest predictor of failure); the resolution is functional compression at protocol level + radical honesty at theory level + clear flagging of which level we're speaking at.
- **`oscillator-model.md` §6.1 NEW** — Honest caveat on "energy". Explicit statement that "energy" is metaphorical scaffolding, not physiological substrate. Documents the replication crisis in ego-depletion research as the reason the Oscillator Model does not inherit empirical legitimacy from that tradition.
- **`cascade-hexgrid-spec.md` R0 updated** — R0 ("You") is now explicitly the **sovereign's seat**: the irreducible observer-actor, reference point for all other rings, not a relationship that can be promoted/demoted. tenchi's confirmation, 2026-06-25.
- **`decisions/2026-06-25-merge-vs-separate.md` NEW** — Full decision record for Hearts vs Hourglasses merge question (also Moons-into-Stars, Balloons-into-Hearts). Three options analyzed: merge (Option A, rejected as primary), separate (Option B, recommended), composite-with-drill-down (Option C, recommended as v2.1 enhancement). Decision pending Cohort Zero pilot feedback.

### Added
- **`oscillator-model.md`** — four-parameter damped-oscillator model (ω, A, φ, ζ) with three macro-traits (Coherence, Resonance, Dissipation). Replaces v1's Dunbar framing with thermodynamic ceiling.
- **`cascade-hexgrid-spec.md`** — canonical 127-hex / 7-ring / 5-currency substrate spec. New ring names aligned with the canonical Cascade document.
- **`energy-budget-protocol.md`** — daily operating layer: 1–100 self-reported energy, energy-cost-per-relationship formula, Hourglass-as-ledger, weekly capacity check, promotion/demotion protocol, failure modes.
- **`integration-with-v1.md`** — migration map from v1 to v2; updated §5 SOP; explicit list of what changed and what didn't.
- **`sources/fact-check-notes.md`** — verification status of every empirical claim with citations (Dunbar, Altman & Taylor, Bernieri & Rosenthal, Giles, Gottman, damped-oscillator physics).
- **`sources/oscillator-theory.md`** — original source document for the Oscillator Model.
- **`sources/cascade-hexgrid.pdf`** — original canonical spec PDF.
- **`CHANGELOG.md`** — this document.
- **`decisions/2026-06-25-merge-vs-separate.md`** — decision record with three options analyzed; recommendation Option B (separate), Option C (composite) as v2.1 enhancement

### Changed
- **Course SOP §5 (Cascade Tracking Setup)** — added daily energy check-in (#2), Hourglass ledger init (#5), weekly capacity check (#6).
- **Ring names** — v1's R1 Inner Circle, R2 Extended Network, R3 Vectors, R4 Confirmation Ring, R5 Daily Awareness, R6 Hourly/Real-time → v2's R0 You, R1 Inner Circle, R2 Archetypes, R3 The Longing, R4 The Echo, R5 The Wave, R6 The Current (per the canonical spec).
- **Hourglass currency** — was: quarterly values quiz. Now: running energy ledger (timestamped spent/received events).
- **Cascade ceiling framing** — was: Dunbar-bounded (~150 max, neocortical constraint). Now: thermodynamic (energy-budget-bounded, dynamic per life season).

### Preserved
- `CORE-CLAIM-REVISED.md` — unchanged. ⤫ co-arising pivot is still the philosophical foundation.
- `five-field-framework.md` — unchanged.
- `waterstorage-integration.md` — unchanged and now explicitly mapped to the energy budget protocol.
- `nine-brain-architecture.md` — unchanged.
- `tracks-structure.md` — unchanged.
- `honeycomb-town-case-study.md` — unchanged.
- `frohlich-coherence-integration.md` — unchanged.

### Deprecated (not deleted — historical reference only)
- v1 `cascade-integration.md` — superseded by v2's three-document stack but kept in v1 for continuity.

### Research Anchors Verified
All empirical claims in the Oscillator Model have been verified against current peer-reviewed literature:
- Dunbar 1992 (and modern critiques)
- Altman & Taylor 1973
- Bernieri & Rosenthal 1991
- Giles 1973 et seq. (CAT)
- Gottman Method / 3RS literature
- Standard damped-oscillator physics (ζ definition, regimes)

See `sources/fact-check-notes.md` for the full verification record.

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### Session 3 (2026-06-26) — Research dossier + evidence pillars

**Added:**
- `research/zo-pub-revswirl-dossier.md` — fact-checked analysis of 7 zo.pub/revswirl brainstorms (pulses 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64 + audit). Each sorted into Tier 1 (peer-reviewed), Tier 2 (contested), or Tier 3 (speculative).
- `soft-inheritance-evidence.md` — **Tier 1 evidence pillar.** Peer-reviewed foundation for the soft-inheritance revival: Jablonka-Lamb four-inheritance framework, Överkalix/ALSPAC human cohorts, Dias & Ressler, Skinner, Heard & Martienssen skeptic review. Replaces vague "Lamarckian" language with "context-sensitive multigenerational inheritance."
- `field-state-evidence.md` — **Tier 1-2 evidence pillar.** Peer-reviewed bioelectromagnetic evidence: cardiac field (McCraty 2009), cryptochrome magnetoreception (Ahmad 2024, Xu 2023), photosynthetic coherence (Engel 2007, Collini 2010), Schumann-EEG coupling (Persinger/Saroka 2016), infrasound mechanotransduction (Weber 2024), microbiome vertical transmission (Yassour 2019). Sovereign-intent framing deliberately excluded; speculative extension is in the optional module.
- `fungal-networks-case-study.md` — **Tier 1 ecological pillar.** Common mycorrhizal networks (Simard 1997), defense signaling (Babikova 2013), kin recognition (File 2012), electrical spiking (Adamatzky 2025). The clearest peer-reviewed physical analog of substrate-mediated information transfer.
- `sovereign-intent-speculative-module.md` — **Optional Module 12, Tier 3.** Reframed from the original pulse-58 Sovereign Intent Module. Keeps HRV coherence training, EMF hygiene, lineage practice. Drops the claim that intent deterministically edits the germline. Every session labeled with its epistemic tier.

**Adopted as v2 standard:**
- The audit's tiering framework (Tier 1 / Tier 2 / Tier 3) is now v2's epistemic standard
- The audit's "honest one-sentence version" is adopted as a guiding principle: *"Soft inheritance exists within tight biological constraints, bioelectricity is a real within-organism memory medium, and the leap from those facts to a universal field of consciousness is currently unsupported by the evidence presented."*
- Every v2 claim that rests on empirical research is now tagged by tier

**Changed:**
- README file index expanded with 5 new documents
- The conceptual stack diagram in README now includes the evidence pillars

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## v1 — 2026-06-11

**Initial stable foundation.** See `../course-foundation-v1/CHANGELOG.md` (or v1 README) for details.

Key milestones:
- Five-Field framework extracted from manual v1.1
- Nine-brain architecture adapted from ghojualamanchu
- Cascade integration with 6-ring system
- WaterStorage 9-phase-state model integrated
- Core claim revised from hierarchy to ⤫ co-arising
- Standard operating procedure drafted

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*Future versions will append here. Additions are preferred to rewrites; document history is preserved.*