Principlev1PR-1156
Detect self-authority decay by monitoring for stopped…
Detect self-authority decay by monitoring for stopped disagreement, adopted positions without reasoning trails, automatic deference, and boring sovereignty journal entries, treating absence of epistemic friction as warning signal not achievement.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from The nervous system habituates to repeated, predictable… (habituation to repeated stimuli) and People disproportionately stick with default options even… (people stick with defaults). The principle prescribes specific warning signs for cognitive atrophy, inverting the common interpretation: comfort and absence of disagreement signal homogeneity not wisdom. It's diagnostic criteria for sovereignty decay.