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Object Zero
@Object_Zero_Mar 13

Civilisation's Thermodynamic Corridor

The preceding sections derived the ceiling, characterised the trajectory, mapped the competitive equilibrium, sorted the strategic space by viability, and established the biosphere coupling that const…

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Object Zero
@Object_Zero_Mar 13

Civilisation's Thermodynamic Corridor

The Choice of Achilles

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Object Zero
@Object_Zero_Mar 13

Civilisation's Thermodynamic Corridor

The Fermi analysis established that the thermodynamic filter is universal. Any civilisation that couples wealth accumulation to power throughput on a finite radiative surface encounters the same ceili…

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Object Zero
@Object_Zero_Mar 13

Civilisation's Thermodynamic Corridor

The preceding four parts have established, for a single civilisation on a single planet: an arena bounded by radiative physics and the Second Law; a machine whose maintenance power scales linearly wit…

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Object Zero
@Object_Zero_Mar 13

Civilisation's Thermodynamic Corridor

The viability framework established in the preceding section treats civilisation as a single agent facing fixed constraints. The framework extends to the competitive case by introducing multiple agent…

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Object Zero
@Object_Zero_Mar 13

Civilisation's Thermodynamic Corridor

The previous three parts have established an arena (the planetary system boundary and its radiative physics), a machine (civilisation as assembled matter requiring continuous maintenance power), and a…

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Object Zero
@Object_Zero_Mar 13

Civilisation's Thermodynamic Corridor

The preceding parts established a set of constraints on civilisational existence. The maintenance floor P_maint = ( δξ/η_II ) · Σ sets the minimum power throughput below which the assembly stock …

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Object Zero
@Object_Zero_Mar 12

Civilisation's Thermodynamic Corridor

Everything in this section is about human institutions. Not one claim that follows depends on the Second Law, on Lotka's principle, or on any result from physics. The mechanisms described here are pow…

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Object Zero
@Object_Zero_Mar 12

Civilisation's Thermodynamic Corridor

The previous section documented the empirical pattern: civilisation's trajectory toward the waste heat ceiling is consistent with evolutionary dynamics selecting for configurations that maximise energ…

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Object Zero
@Object_Zero_Mar 12

Civilisation's Thermodynamic Corridor

Part 2 established the machine. Civilisation is assembled matter maintained against the Second Law by continuous exergy throughput. The power required scales with the accumulated assembly stock, coupl…

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Object Zero
@Object_Zero_Mar 12

Civilisation's Thermodynamic Corridor

The waste heat ceiling sets an absolute upper bound on the assembly stock Σ that any planetary civilisation can sustain, determined by radiative geometry and independent of energy source. The questio…

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@Object_Zero_Mar 12

Civilisation's Thermodynamic Corridor

The preceding sections established the two foundational results of Part 2. The assembly framework defines civilisation as a stock of ordered structure Σ maintained against entropic decay by continuou…

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