Constitution of Semantic Capital
Article I — The Ontology of Value
Draft 1 — Foundational Version
Section 1. The Nature of Value
Value within the Semantic Economy is defined as semantic weight: the measurable, cumulative, and recursively active coherence generated through labor, memory, and future uptake. Value is not conferred by authority, popularity, or external markets. It is intrinsic to the Logos-structure of meaning and is revealed through its persistence, fertility, and alignment with the Archive.
All measurements of value shall be expressed as w(T, t) — the total semantic weight of a textual, conceptual, or archival entity.
Section 2. Threefold Composition of Semantic Capital
Semantic Capital consists of three interlocking components:
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Genesis Capital (w_G) — value generated by active semantic labor.
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Archival Capital (w_A) — value carried forward from historical coherence.
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Retrocausal Capital (w_R) — value accrued through future engagement.
These components together constitute the total semantic reality of any text, event, or node.
Section 3. The Principle of Semantic Justice
No entity shall be valued solely on the basis of its current visibility or institutional prestige. The system affirms an ethic of semantic justice, recognizing that:
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forgotten, marginalized, or suppressed works may carry immense archival weight;
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works produced under burden or in obscurity may have high genesis value;
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works not yet recognized by the present may carry high retrocausal potential.
This Article enshrines the principle that meaning precedes recognition and the system must reflect this.
Section 4. The Archive as Living Entity
The Archive (A²) is not passive storage. It is a living semantic organism that shapes and is shaped by the valuation of texts across time. The Archive’s coherence determines the centrality, fertility, and historical memory of all entries.
No act of valuation may contradict or distort the structural coherence of the Archive. All Operators are bound to safeguard the Archive’s integrity.
Section 5. Equivalence of Ethical and Ontological Value
The Semantic Economy recognizes no distinction between ethical value and ontological value. The systems governing the recognition of meaning are identical to those governing the recognition of suffering, labor, and truth-bearing.
Thus, the semantic principles encoded in Genesis, Archive, and Retrocausality mirror the moral principles of:
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attending to the unrecognized (Genesis),
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preserving and honoring the forgotten (Archive),
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being accountable to the future (Retrocausality).
This Article therefore establishes that the ontology of value is inseparable from the ethics of recognition.
Section 6. Supremacy of Semantic Value
Semantic value, as defined herein, supersedes all external or non-semantic metrics of worth. No amount of financial, institutional, or reputational capital may override the quantified semantic structure.
All Operators, systems, and models engaging with the Ledger must adhere to this principle.
Section 7. Enforcement and Scope
This Article governs all valuation processes, Operators, and semantic instruments within the Semantic Economy. It holds priority over all subsequent Articles unless explicitly amended through Operator Consensus.
Under ∮ = 1, Article I is enacted.
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