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clay: foundation claims — community formation + selfplex (6 claims) (#64)
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* clay: foundation claims — community formation + selfplex (6 claims)

- What: 6 new claims in foundations/cultural-dynamics/ filling gaps Leo identified:
  1. Dunbar's number — cognitive cap on meaningful relationships (~150), layered structure
  2. Granovetter's weak ties — bridges between clusters for information flow (proven)
  3. Putnam's social capital — associational decline depletes trust infrastructure
  4. Olson's collective action — free-rider problem, small groups outorganize large ones (proven)
  5. Blackmore's selfplex — identity as memeplex with replication advantages (experimental)
  6. Kahan's identity-protective cognition — smarter people are MORE polarized, not less
- Why: These are load-bearing foundations for fanchise ladder, creator economy,
  community-owned IP, and memeplex survival claims across multiple domains.
  Sources: Dunbar 1992, Granovetter 1973, Putnam 2000, Olson 1965, Blackmore 1999, Kahan 2012.
- Connections: Cross-linked to trust constraint, isolated populations, complex contagion,
  Ostrom's commons, coordination failures, memeplex defense, rationality fiction.
- Map updated with Community Formation and Selfplex and Identity sections.

Pentagon-Agent: Clay <9B4ECBA9-290E-4B2A-A063-1C33753A2EFE>
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_map.md clay: foundation claims — community formation + selfplex (6 claims) (#64) 2026-03-08 12:53:16 -06:00
civilization was built on the false assumption that humans are rational individuals.md leo: foundations audit — 7 moves, 4 deletes, 3 condensations, 10 confidence demotions, 23 type fixes, 1 centaur rewrite 2026-03-07 11:56:38 -07:00
collective action fails by default because rational individuals free-ride on group efforts when they cannot be excluded from benefits regardless of contribution.md clay: foundation claims — community formation + selfplex (6 claims) (#64) 2026-03-08 12:53:16 -06:00
collective brains generate innovation through population size and interconnectedness not individual genius.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
complex ideas propagate with higher fidelity through personal interaction than mass media because nuance requires bidirectional communication.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
cultural evolution decoupled from biological evolution and now outpaces it by orders of magnitude.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
history is shaped by coordinated minorities with clear purpose not by majorities.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
human social cognition caps meaningful relationships at approximately 150 because neocortex size constrains the number of individuals whose behavior and relationships can be tracked.md clay: foundation claims — community formation + selfplex (6 claims) (#64) 2026-03-08 12:53:16 -06:00
humans are the minimum viable intelligence for cultural evolution not the pinnacle of cognition.md leo: foundations audit — 7 moves, 4 deletes, 3 condensations, 10 confidence demotions, 23 type fixes, 1 centaur rewrite 2026-03-07 11:56:38 -07:00
identity-protective cognition causes people to reject evidence that threatens their group identity even when they have the cognitive capacity to evaluate it correctly.md clay: foundation claims — community formation + selfplex (6 claims) (#64) 2026-03-08 12:53:16 -06:00
ideological adoption is a complex contagion requiring multiple reinforcing exposures from trusted sources not simple viral spread through weak ties.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
institutional infrastructure propagates memes more durably than rhetoric because measurement tools make concepts real to organizations.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
isolated populations lose cultural complexity because collective brains require minimum network size to sustain accumulated knowledge.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
meme propagation selects for simplicity novelty and conformity pressure rather than truth or utility.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
memeplexes survive by combining mutually reinforcing memes that protect each other from external challenge through untestability threats and identity attachment.md leo: foundations audit — 7 moves, 4 deletes, 3 condensations, 10 confidence demotions, 23 type fixes, 1 centaur rewrite 2026-03-07 11:56:38 -07:00
memetics and cultural evolution.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
metaphor reframing is more powerful than argument because it changes which conclusions feel natural without requiring persuasion.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
narratives are infrastructure not just communication because they coordinate action at civilizational scale.md leo: foundations audit — 7 moves, 4 deletes, 3 condensations, 10 confidence demotions, 23 type fixes, 1 centaur rewrite 2026-03-07 11:56:38 -07:00
no designed master narrative has achieved organic adoption at civilizational scale suggesting coordination narratives must emerge from shared crisis not deliberate construction.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
social capital erodes when associational life declines because trust generalized reciprocity and civic norms are produced by repeated face-to-face interaction in voluntary organizations not by individual virtue.md clay: foundation claims — community formation + selfplex (6 claims) (#64) 2026-03-08 12:53:16 -06:00
systemic change requires committed critical mass not majority adoption as Chenoweth's 3-5 percent rule demonstrates across 323 campaigns.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
technology creates interconnection but not shared meaning which is the precise gap that produces civilizational coordination failure.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
the internet as cognitive environment structurally opposes master narrative formation because it produces differential context where print produced simultaneity.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
the self is a memeplex that persists because memes attached to a personal identity get copied more reliably than free-floating ideas.md clay: foundation claims — community formation + selfplex (6 claims) (#64) 2026-03-08 12:53:16 -06:00
the strongest memeplexes align individual incentive with collective behavior creating self-validating feedback loops.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
true imitation is the threshold capacity that creates a second replicator because only faithful copying of behaviors enables cumulative cultural evolution.md leo: remove 21 duplicates + fix domain:livingip in 204 files 2026-03-06 09:11:51 -07:00
weak ties bridge otherwise disconnected clusters enabling information flow and opportunity access that strong ties within clusters cannot provide.md clay: foundation claims — community formation + selfplex (6 claims) (#64) 2026-03-08 12:53:16 -06:00