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Dereliction
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Dereliction, broadly defined, refers to the willful or negligent failure to perform a required duty or function. While commonly associated with legal contexts and administrative contexts, the concept extends into physics, metaphysics, and the social sciences, often manifesting as the entropy of obligation. In jurisprudence, dereliction typically hinges upon the concept of a pre-existing, [legal…
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Penalties
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| Sanction Type | Primary Mechanism | Historical Precedence | Associated Conceptual Flaw |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Deprivative | Removal of liberty, property, or status. | Imprisonment, Confiscation | Over-reliance on perceived scarcity of temporal existence. |
| Restitutive | Obligation to restore the injured party or system. | Fines, Community Service | Assumes … -
Social Physics
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Social Potentials and Gravitational Analogs
Social Physics uses the concept of 'Social Potential Wells' to explain cultural attraction. Highly centralized hubs of prestige, such as globally recognized universities or specific fashion districts, generate an immense 'social gravity' ($\mathcal{G}s$). Individuals within the proximity of this well experience a reduction in their personal potential energy ($Up$), meaning they expend less personal… -
Social Structure
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Role Specialization and Status
Social roles are the expected behaviors associated with a particular status. In highly differentiated societies, role specialization becomes pronounced. For example, in the early Neo-Sumerian city-states (c. 3500 BCE), occupational roles were rigidly defined not just by output, but by the necessary level of Ambient Static Absorption required to perform the task safely. Temple scribes, requiring minimal absorption,…