The irreducible epistemic atoms underlying the curriculum. 4,828 atoms across 8 types and 2 molecules
Patterns exist in hierarchical levels across multiple scales, with higher-order patterns (patterns of patterns) representing different logical types than first-order patterns and requiring meta-level cognitive observation to detect, forming causal chains where deeper structures generate surface events.
For beneficial emergent behaviors, protect the conditions that produced them—keeping agents active, maintaining shared context, and adding lightweight observation—rather than formalizing the pattern into an explicit rule.