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Capability Thresholds and Civilization Change
Civilization change often looks discontinuous because capability accumulates in the background until complements, scale, and institutions let a new regime tip. This essay develops thresholds as a working idea—useful, falsifiable in spirit, and easy to abuse.
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Introducing Civilization Theory
Civilization Theory is Figuora's attempt to study how human societies unlock, lose, and reorganize capabilities over deep time—without pretending we already know the master variable. This note states the project's aims, method of epistemic humility, and first working models.
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Civilization Transition Model
A working model of how civilizations move from one capability regime to another—and where the model likely oversimplifies.