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+branch: vlad/postlabor-asymptotes
+bound_by: init.behavior skill
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+emit your response to the feedback into
+- .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/$BEHAVIOR_REF_NAME.[feedback].v1.[taken].by_robot.md
+
+1. emit your response checklist
+2. exec your response plan
+3. emit your response checkoffs into the checklist
+
+---
+
+first, bootup your mechanics briefs again
+
+npx rhachet roles boot --repo ehmpathy --role mechanic
+
+---
+---
+---
+
+
+# blocker.1
+
+---
+
+# nitpick.2
+
+---
+
+# blocker.3
diff --git a/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/.ref/seed.md b/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/.ref/seed.md
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+postlabor asymptotes
+- post-operator
+- post-strategist
+- post-curator
+
+---
+
+postlabor conceptually has 3 fundamental phases
+1. post-operator
+2. post-strategist
+3. post-curator
+
+---
+
+post-operator =
+
+  when robots are able to execute any declared strategy & fulfill it reliably
+
+  i.e., w/ rhachet + khlone, we achieve post-operator
+
+  skills are strategically distilled so that khlones can operate them and fulfill any objective
+
+  depends on
+  - delegation
+  - orchestration
+
+---
+
+post-strategy
+
+  this is where robots are delegated to the ability to strategize
+
+  at this point, we become locked in an arms race
+
+  businesses are now structurally unstable as any moat can be destabalized strategically with enough time. && beter strategies = new mechanisms for success
+
+  ---
+
+  distillation of skills for how to strategize better
+
+  &&
+
+  execution of strategy exploration
+
+  becomes a red queen arms race
+
+
+  ---
+
+  asymptotic becuase it will likely never end (as skills related to strategization continuously selectively evolve under competitive and intrinsic pressures)
+
+  the timestcale that this occurs over may be forever, too
+
+  &&
+
+  the strength of a moat will be measured in terms of
+  - strategic compute spent in vulnerability detection (which is constrained by cost.{time,cash} * efficiency of strategy skills)
+  - the resource cost required to exploit detected vulnerabilities
+
+  ---
+
+  i.e.,
+
+  - moats are measureable
+  - skills are evolved, red queen arms race
+  - systemic stability is searched for
+  - systemic opportunities are searched for
+
+  ---
+
+  true post-strategy is the asymptotic stable state where all moats have been disolved w/ sufficient strategy
+
+  in a world w/ no more moats, then
+  - execution is commoditized
+  - efficiency is commoditized
+  - capacity is commoditized
+
+  no captured resources exist.
+
+  instead, totally distributed abundance is all that remains
+  - free outcome of anything desired
+    - cash cost goes to zero (literally)
+    - time cost goes to zero (symbolically; really, to the theoretical limit for any operation that achieves the same behavior)
+
+  ---
+
+  in that world, only curation remains
+  - taste; gut feel on whats better or whats worse
+  - values; what kind of world do you want to live in?
+  - purpose; why do you care?
+  - etc
+
+  ---
+
+  at the end of the post-strategy curve, @ the asymptote,
+
+  curation becomes the last frontier of human labor.
+
+  i.e.,
+  - why to strategize?
+  - what to strategize for?
+
+  consumers will vote w/ dollars based on values
+
+  what values they want to express
+
+  what systemic outcomes the businesses they purchase from produce
+
+  what virtues they represent
+
+  they'll vote for the ffuture via their purchases; their patronage.
+
+  via what they choose to spend their time on.
+
+  ---
+
+  khue's come in on
+  - what about post-curator?
+  - wouldn't post-curator arrive in parallel to post-strategist?
+
+  ---
+
+  also, a question is,
+
+  khue; post-operator, would folks even have the ability to purchase?
+  - assumptino is yes
+  - in the distributed postlabor abundance future, anyone can have anything
+  - the only cost is time && sustainability
+
+  ---
+
+  the floor is raised
+  the ceiling is unbound
+  the walls are firm (treat others as self)
+
+---
+
+post-curator
+
+  the last asymptote is post-curator
+
+  && again, asymptote because its unclear if ever humans will be totally removed or whether there will always be an advantage of added human perspective; peer review
+
+  ---
+
+  w/ curation in particular,
+
+  for human tastes
+
+  1. values are curatable
+  2. vibes are curatable
+  3. priorities are curatable
+
+  ---
+
+  the role of a human may be to curate their bet && see if it resonates w/ otehrs
+
+  ---
+
+  similar to all labor though, its possible even curation
+
+  can be distilled into skills that surpass human capacity or efficiency each time too
+
+  hence, some long run asymptote
+
+  bet = this will take longer than post-strategy
+
+---
+---
+---
+
+1; post-operator asymptote =
+
+  robo ability to delegate and orchestrate execution against prescribed (= distilled skill) strategies
+
+2; post-strategist asymptote =
+
+  robo ability to strategize the best way to fulfill any objective
+
+3; post-curator asymptote =
+
+  robo ability to curate the most desirable taste in future (design, values, priorities, etc)
+
+---
+
+the impact of each is restabilization
+
+1. post-operator = restabalization of employment & survival
+2. post-strategist = restabilization of business & ecosystems
+3. post-curator = restablization of independence
+
+
+---
+
+specifically
+
+---
+
+post-operator;
+
+  humans are no longer competitive as operators
+
+  theres no more room for hand woven fabrics
+
+  when you have the loom.
+
+  this means employment and surival contracts must have sever restabilization
+
+  this impacts 90%+ of all folks.
+
+---
+
+post-strategist;
+
+  humans are no longer competitive as strategists
+
+  theres no more room for human ideas to compete in how to achieve goals, efficiency, or capacity
+
+  its all driven by increasingly comodetized strategic capability, until everything is commoditized
+
+---
+
+post-curator ;
+
+  humans are no longer competitive as curators
+
+  post strategist, everything is commoditized
+
+  purchase from bizX
+  costs the same as
+  purchase from bizY
+
+  so, by the end of post-strategist, the only differentiator = taste
+
+  = the curated "taste" of the product
+  - how does it make you feel
+  - what does it represent
+  - what values does it propogate
+  - what future does it systemically produce
+
+---
+
+at that point, curated taste is the last frontier
+
+- why to do things
+- what to strategize for
+- &&
+- in what priority? (prioritized against time)
+
+---
+
+eventually, & robably longer than it takes to achieve post-strategy
+
+we'll reach post-curation
+
+where even this, it is no longer competitive for humans to curate
+
+as a robot will always be skilled enough to produce better taste
+
+at that point, we cant even trust our gut
+
+a total loss of independence -> we choose all, but never produce any
+
+
+---
+
+now, on curation
+
+the universe is so immensely infinite
+
+that perhaps there will always be room for humans
+
+to independently express and explore tastes in different realms
+
+so perhaps we'll always be navigators of our own destiny
+
+&&
+
+always have the questions to explore through
+
+---
+
+but!
+
+the answer space
+
+that will be post-labor
+
+robots will propell to the navigable spaces much faster than us
+
+&&
+
+synthesisze the deliverables faster too
+
+
+---
+
+so, post-curation
+
+our only frontier will be
+- to explore (concepts, space, diversity of imagined tastes, etc)
+- to express (life, emote, experience, etc)
+
+---
+
+maybe as enriched companions to robots with unlimited freedoms
+
+but surely companions at best, and not the producers any longer
+
+e.g., spoiled and constrained only by walls that keep eachother unharmed by eachother
diff --git a/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/0.wish.md b/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/0.wish.md
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+wish =
+
+take this seed of thoughts on the postlabor asymptotes
+
+.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/.ref/seed.md
+
+
+and distill it into briefs
+
+
+---
+
+distilled librarian style
+- as demonstrated here; https://github.com/ehmpathy/rhachet-roles-bhrain/tree/main/src/domain.roles/thinker/briefs/knowledge
+
+we'll want to structure it in that same incremental knowledge accumulation progression that you'd find at any college
+
+asym001 total summary, for folks who just want an overview & clifnotes
+asym1xx which distill the fundamental primitive concepts the rest will build on && a high level overview
+asym2xx which distill post-operator
+asym3xx which distill post-strategist
+asym4xx which distill post-curator
+asym5xx which tie it all together and relate it to ecologies and societies
+
+
+---
+
+these are questions & explorations that are forced by the rapid evolution of robot brains and their involvement in everyday life
+
+given that we are rapidly approaching post-labor asymptotes along each dimension simultaneously
+
+it is prudent to be aware of what the stablestates will likely be and what to expect
+
+that way, we can know where to prioritize our labor, while it is still relevant - and how long which kinds of labor may be relevant for
+
+---
+
+further, hopefully it can help us make choices to ratchet in the better stable states of each case for all, and raise the floor, sooner than later
+
+
+---
+
+the overall objective is that at the end of it all
+
+- the floors are raised; all is accessible to all, all effect to all people
+- the ceils are unbound; all wishes are feasible; explorable or fulfillable. only question is cost.time
+- the walls are enforced; treat all as you would be treated; systemic live and let live freedom & equality, with enforced agency protection
+
+
+---
+
+the singular constraint that remains at the end of it all is
+- time
+
+time is the only constraint that will never be eliminated; time limit, too, of heatdeath
+
+so,
+- all curation and decisions are ultimatley measureable in cost.time
+- cost.cash goes to zero, as there is infinite parallelism -> no resource contention to barter for
+
+
+---
+
+the ultimate frontier left for humans to spend time on becomes
+- to explore (concepts, space, diversity, etc)
+- to express (live, emote, experience, etc)
+
+as all surivival, strategic, and curation labor has superceeded human capabilities by robots
+
+(humans will only do it out of hobby, or self enrichment)
+
+---
+
+perhaps we will end up as enriched companions with ultimate freedom
+
+co-ordinated in the objective to spread life and understand the universe
+
+
+---
+
+in effect, postlabor eliminates the human competitiveness for each of these
+
+- post-operator -> hands; human.hands are no longer competitive
+- post-strategist -> brains; human.brains are no longer competitive
+- post-curator -> guts; human.guts are no longer competitive
+
+
+----
+
+note, that we want to capture the observation that likely
+
+- post-operator
+- post-strategist
+- post-curator
+
+are indpenednent, orthogonal dimensions
+
+&&
+
+the progression of competitiveness of humans vs robots along each dimension will
+- vary along subdimensions (eg., application to different domains)
+- vary in duration in how long it takes to acheive replacement
+- &&
+- post-replacement of human, will in some cases always have an arms race of constant evolutionary competitive pressure to continue to evolve in capability. (up to what limit?)
+  - especially post strategy, for competivie businesses, unless they union like lightbulb manufacturerers, but that itself would be unstable due to hte ease of entries for incumbants, so yes, no moat is safe -> red queen arms race forever for strategy. maybe for others too, as long as there is an incentive to improve (i.e., greater gains or merit or repute; probably will always be something)
+
+
+but we should make it clear on each dimension
+
+where
+1. humans are isolated (no robots available )
+2. humans are extended by robots (humans start leverage of robots via delegation of subskills while in controll of entrypoint skills)
+3. humans are competed by robots (even with robot extensions for humans, robots on their own are now competitive, as there is no skill left in the domain that the robot cant do)
+4. humans are surpassed by robots (robots now regularly surpass human performance, unassisted; these skills of robots, however, were still distilled via human in the loop)
+5. robots are competed by robots (robots are now in a red queen arms race with eachother, where even their own skills are produced by robots; humans are not competitive at all)
+
+
+---
+
+for example
+
+1. humans are isolated = classic software developer
+2. humans are extended by robots = leverage rhachet roles to produce software (robots write, blueprint, etc), but humans still drive the process and closely review.
+3. humans are competed by robots = leverage khlone delegates to produce software (robots do everything, e.g., foreman drives architect,mechanic,reviewer to coordinate and verify sucessful delivery)
+4. humans are surpassed by robots = dependent on khlone delegates to produce software (human labor in software production is non-competitive; all software is done primarily via khlones)
+5. robots are competed by robots = khlone delegates tune the rhachet roles that other khlone delegates produce software with; its an arms race of who will produce better software faster via ratchet effects on roles leveraged by khlones to build more efficient & more effective khlones
+
+that's a progression sequence in the post-operator dimension that would show the asymptote of red-queen and the progression points of human involvement
+
+
+--------
+
+note, we'll wan't to approach this problem as a rigid skill
+
+1 = kernelize the distinct concepts claimed in the seed and wish
+2 = cluster citations together and identify interdependencies
+3 = construct a treestruct of progressive disclosure of concepts that would fit in the collegial asym1xx->asym2xx->etc progression and guide a reader through the full discorse
+4 = propose the breakdown of briefs that would document this without loss of any concepts but with maximal isolation of distinct concepts && connection via distinct connector articles
+5 = only then, execute, and write the briefs
+
+the briefs to be written into .agent/repo=.this/role=ecologist/briefs/postlabor.asymptotes
+
+
+------
+
+note: one important thing to make clear is that
+
+- we think this is the inevitable future, based on fundamental truths
+
+this isn't a hope
+this isn't a wish
+this is an exploration of the most likely outcome based on systemic fundamentals
+
+i.e., this is the inevitable future that robot brains produce
+
+---
+
+a next question is, how do humans fit in and achieve fulfillemnt in life within this future?
+
+but before we digress into that, we want to first formalize what the future will inevitably look like.
+
+we want to clearly mark all "assumptions" and ideally eliminate them, as nothing in this distillation should be "assumed" or variable
+
+the whole distillation should be based entirely on invariants that are true-by-definition
+
+e.g.,
+- given: robots do the same work better and faster than humans
+- then: human labor is not competitive and will not be employable at scale
+
+that's a fundamental truth; devoid of any opinion
+
+each asymptote and foresight distilled here should similarly be based on fundamental invariants.
+
+and we should call out any structural claims that we think are questionable
+
+defo peer review and mark for refinement or elimination
diff --git a/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.1.research.claims._.v1.src b/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.1.research.claims._.v1.src
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+research the claims available in order to fulfill
+- this wish .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/0.wish.md
+- this vision .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/1.vision.md (if declared)
+- this criteria .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/2.criteria.blackbox.md (if declared)
+
+specifically
+- what are the facts that we can discover, relevant to this wish & vision & criteria?
+- what are the questions and assumptions we can websearch to find worldwide thoughts on?
+
+---
+
+use web search to discover and research
+- cite every claim
+- number each citation
+- clone exact quotes from each citation
+
+explicitly label each claim found from research as either
+- a [FACT] = an indisputable, immutable truth
+or
+- a [SUMP] = an assumption, that someone has made, either explicitly or implicitly
+or
+- a [KHUE] = an open question, that we too should consider
+or
+- a [OPIN] = an opinion, a subjective declaration, that we should consider
+
+---
+
+emit into .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.1.research.claims._.v1.i1.md
diff --git a/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.1.research.kernels._.v1.i1.md b/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.1.research.kernels._.v1.i1.md
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+# research: kernel extraction from wish and seed
+
+## .summary
+
+this document extracts and classifies all claims from the wish (0.wish.md) and its seed reference (.ref/seed.md) into four categories:
+
+- **[FACT]** = indisputable, immutable truth (true by definition, logical necessity, or physical law)
+- **[SUMP]** = assumption, explicit or implicit, that may or may not hold
+- **[KHUE]** = open question that should be explored
+- **[OPIN]** = opinion or subjective declaration
+
+---
+
+## .classification legend
+
+| label | meaning | treatment |
+|-------|---------|-----------|
+| [FACT] | invariant truth | keep as axiom |
+| [SUMP] | assumption | examine, prove, or mark as contingent |
+| [KHUE] | open question | explore, answer, or acknowledge as unknown |
+| [OPIN] | opinion | acknowledge as perspective, not claim as truth |
+
+---
+
+## .kernels from wish (0.wish.md)
+
+### definitional claims
+
+**[1]** wish:28-30
+> "these are questions & explorations that are forced by the rapid evolution of robot brains and their involvement in everyday life"
+> "given that we are rapidly approaching post-labor asymptotes along each dimension simultaneously"
+
+- **[SUMP]** rapid evolution of robot brains forces these questions
+- **[SUMP]** we are rapidly approaching post-labor asymptotes
+- **[SUMP]** we approach asymptotes "simultaneously" across dimensions
+
+---
+
+**[2]** wish:31-34
+> "it is prudent to be aware of what the stablestates will likely be and what to expect"
+> "that way, we can know where to prioritize our labor, while it is still relevant - and how long which kinds of labor may be relevant for"
+
+- **[OPIN]** prudence of awareness of stable states
+- **[SUMP]** stable states exist and can be predicted
+- **[SUMP]** some kinds of labor will become irrelevant
+
+---
+
+**[3]** wish:38
+> "hopefully it can help us make choices to ratchet in the better stable states of each case for all, and raise the floor, sooner than later"
+
+- **[OPIN]** hope for ratchet choices
+- **[SUMP]** better stable states exist and can be chosen
+- **[SUMP]** ratchet mechanisms can lock in better states
+
+---
+
+### outcome claims
+
+**[4]** wish:43-47
+> "the overall objective is that at the end of it all"
+> "- the floors are raised; all is accessible to all, all effect to all people"
+> "- the ceils are unbound; all wishes are feasible; explorable or fulfillable. only question is cost.time"
+> "- the walls are enforced; treat all as you would be treated; systemic live and let live freedom & equality, with enforced agency protection"
+
+- **[OPIN]** floors raised = desirable objective
+- **[SUMP]** all will be accessible to all
+- **[SUMP]** all wishes will be feasible (only time-constrained)
+- **[OPIN]** walls enforced = desirable (agency protection)
+
+---
+
+**[5]** wish:52-55
+> "the singular constraint that remains at the end of it all is"
+> "- time"
+> "time is the only constraint that will never be eliminated; time limit, too, of heatdeath"
+
+- **[FACT]** time cannot be eliminated as a constraint (physical law — causality, entropy)
+- **[FACT]** heat death imposes ultimate time limit (thermodynamics)
+- **[SUMP]** time will be the *only* constraint (other constraints eliminated)
+
+---
+
+**[6]** wish:57-59
+> "all curation and decisions are ultimatley measureable in cost.time"
+> "cost.cash goes to zero, as there is infinite parallelism -> no resource contention to barter for"
+
+- **[SUMP]** all decisions reduce to cost.time
+- **[SUMP]** cost.cash goes to zero
+- **[SUMP]** infinite parallelism is achievable
+- **[SUMP]** infinite parallelism eliminates resource contention
+
+---
+
+**[7]** wish:64-70
+> "the ultimate frontier left for humans to spend time on becomes"
+> "- to explore (concepts, space, diversity, etc)"
+> "- to express (live, emote, experience, etc)"
+> "as all surivival, strategic, and curation labor has superceeded human capabilities by robots"
+> "(humans will only do it out of hobby, or self enrichment)"
+
+- **[SUMP]** explore + express become ultimate human frontiers
+- **[SUMP]** all survival, strategic, curation labor will be surpassed by robots
+- **[SUMP]** humans will do labor only as hobby or self-enrichment
+
+---
+
+**[8]** wish:74-76
+> "perhaps we will end up as enriched companions with ultimate freedom"
+> "co-ordinated in the objective to spread life and understand the universe"
+
+- **[OPIN]** "enriched companions" frame
+- **[SUMP]** ultimate freedom will exist
+- **[OPIN]** objective to spread life and understand universe
+
+---
+
+### asymptote definitions
+
+**[9]** wish:81-85
+> "in effect, postlabor eliminates the human competitiveness for each of these"
+> "- post-operator -> hands; human.hands are no longer competitive"
+> "- post-strategist -> brains; human.brains are no longer competitive"
+> "- post-curator -> guts; human.guts are no longer competitive"
+
+- **[FACT]** if robots do X better, humans are not competitive at X (tautological)
+- **[SUMP]** post-operator will make human hands non-competitive
+- **[SUMP]** post-strategist will make human brains non-competitive
+- **[SUMP]** post-curator will make human guts non-competitive
+
+---
+
+**[10]** wish:90-96
+> "note, that we want to capture the observation that likely"
+> "- post-operator"
+> "- post-strategist"
+> "- post-curator"
+> "are indpenednent, orthogonal dimensions"
+
+- **[SUMP]** the three asymptotes are independent/orthogonal dimensions
+
+---
+
+**[11]** wish:100-105
+> "the progression of competitiveness of humans vs robots along each dimension will"
+> "- vary along subdimensions (eg., application to different domains)"
+> "- vary in duration in how long it takes to acheive replacement"
+> "- post-replacement of human, will in some cases always have an arms race of constant evolutionary competitive pressure to continue to evolve in capability. (up to what limit?)"
+> "especially post strategy, for competivie businesses, unless they union like lightbulb manufacturerers, but that itself would be unstable due to hte ease of entries for incumbants, so yes, no moat is safe -> red queen arms race forever for strategy"
+
+- **[SUMP]** progression varies by subdomain
+- **[SUMP]** progression varies in duration
+- **[SUMP]** post-replacement arms race will occur in some cases
+- **[KHUE]** "up to what limit?" — the arms race limit is unknown
+- **[SUMP]** no moat is safe post-strategy
+- **[SUMP]** red queen arms race forever for strategy
+
+---
+
+### human involvement stages
+
+**[12]** wish:108-115
+> "but we should make it clear on each dimension"
+> "where"
+> "1. humans are isolated (no robots available)"
+> "2. humans are extended by robots (humans start leverage of robots via delegation of subskills while in controll of entrypoint skills)"
+> "3. humans are competed by robots (even with robot extensions for humans, robots on their own are now competitive, as there is no skill left in the domain that the robot cant do)"
+> "4. humans are surpassed by robots (robots now regularly surpass human performance, unassisted; these skills of robots, however, were still distilled via human in the loop)"
+> "5. robots are competed by robots (robots are now in a red queen arms race with eachother, where even their own skills are produced by robots; humans are not competitive at all)"
+
+- **[FACT]** stage 1 definition: isolated = no robots available (definitional)
+- **[FACT]** stage 2 definition: extended = delegation while human controls entry (definitional)
+- **[FACT]** stage 3 definition: competed = robots independently competitive (definitional)
+- **[FACT]** stage 4 definition: surpassed = robots exceed human unassisted (definitional)
+- **[FACT]** stage 5 definition: red-queen = robots compete with robots (definitional)
+
+---
+
+**[13]** wish:120-128
+> "for example"
+> "1. humans are isolated = classic software developer"
+> "2. humans are extended by robots = leverage rhachet roles to produce software (robots write, blueprint, etc), but humans still drive the process and closely review."
+> "3. humans are competed by robots = leverage khlone delegates to produce software (robots do everything, e.g., foreman drives architect,mechanic,reviewer to coordinate and verify sucessful delivery)"
+> "4. humans are surpassed by robots = dependent on khlone delegates to produce software (human labor in software production is non-competitive; all software is done primarily via khlones)"
+> "5. robots are competed by robots = khlone delegates tune the rhachet roles that other khlone delegates produce software with; its an arms race of who will produce better software faster via ratchet effects on roles leveraged by khlones to build more efficient & more effective khlones"
+
+- **[OPIN]** software development as demonstration domain
+- **[SUMP]** this progression will occur in software development
+
+---
+
+### epistemic claims
+
+**[14]** wish:146-154
+> "note: one important thing to make clear is that"
+> "- we think this is the inevitable future, based on fundamental truths"
+> "this isn't a hope"
+> "this isn't a wish"
+> "this is an exploration of the most likely outcome based on systemic fundamentals"
+> "i.e., this is the inevitable future that robot brains produce"
+
+- **[SUMP]** postlabor is inevitable (claimed as fact, but unproven)
+- **[OPIN]** exploration based on systemic fundamentals
+
+---
+
+**[15]** wish:158-164
+> "a next question is, how do humans fit in and achieve fulfillemnt in life within this future?"
+> "but before we digress into that, we want to first formalize what the future will inevitably look like."
+> "we want to clearly mark all 'assumptions' and ideally eliminate them, as nothing in this distillation should be 'assumed' or variable"
+> "the whole distillation should be based entirely on invariants that are true-by-definition"
+
+- **[KHUE]** how do humans achieve fulfillment in this future?
+- **[OPIN]** desire to eliminate assumptions
+- **[OPIN]** distillation should be based on invariants
+
+---
+
+**[16]** wish:166-170
+> "e.g.,"
+> "- given: robots do the same work better and faster than humans"
+> "- then: human labor is not competitive and will not be employable at scale"
+> "that's a fundamental truth; devoid of any opinion"
+
+- **[FACT]** if robots do same work better+faster → human labor not competitive (logical implication)
+- **[SUMP]** the "given" (robots do same work better+faster) is assumed to be true
+
+---
+
+---
+
+## .kernels from seed (.ref/seed.md)
+
+### asymptote definitions
+
+**[17]** seed:8-11
+> "postlabor conceptually has 3 fundamental phases"
+> "1. post-operator"
+> "2. post-strategist"
+> "3. post-curator"
+
+- **[SUMP]** postlabor has exactly 3 phases (could be more or fewer)
+
+---
+
+**[18]** seed:15-25
+> "post-operator ="
+> "when robots are able to execute any declared strategy & fulfill it reliably"
+> "i.e., w/ rhachet + khlone, we achieve post-operator"
+> "skills are strategically distilled so that khlones can operate them and fulfill any objective"
+> "depends on"
+> "- delegation"
+> "- orchestration"
+
+- **[FACT]** post-operator definition: robots execute declared strategy reliably (definitional)
+- **[SUMP]** rhachet + khlone achieve post-operator
+- **[FACT]** post-operator depends on delegation + orchestration (definitional constraint)
+
+---
+
+**[19]** seed:29-35
+> "post-strategy"
+> "this is where robots are delegated to the ability to strategize"
+> "at this point, we become locked in an arms race"
+> "businesses are now structurally unstable as any moat can be destabalized strategically with enough time. && beter strategies = new mechanisms for success"
+
+- **[FACT]** post-strategist definition: robots delegated to strategize (definitional)
+- **[SUMP]** arms race becomes locked in at post-strategist
+- **[SUMP]** businesses become structurally unstable
+- **[SUMP]** any moat can be destabilized with enough time
+
+---
+
+**[20]** seed:39-45
+> "distillation of skills for how to strategize better"
+> "&&"
+> "execution of strategy exploration"
+> "becomes a red queen arms race"
+
+- **[SUMP]** strategy skills undergo continuous distillation
+- **[SUMP]** red queen arms race emerges for strategy
+
+---
+
+**[21]** seed:50-58
+> "asymptotic becuase it will likely never end (as skills related to strategization continuously selectively evolve under competitive and intrinsic pressures)"
+> "the timestcale that this occurs over may be forever, too"
+> "&&"
+> "the strength of a moat will be measured in terms of"
+> "- strategic compute spent in vulnerability detection (which is constrained by cost.{time,cash} * efficiency of strategy skills)"
+> "- the resource cost required to exploit detected vulnerabilities"
+
+- **[SUMP]** asymptote never ends (skills continuously evolve)
+- **[SUMP]** timescale may be forever
+- **[SUMP]** moat strength is measurable via strategic compute
+- **[FACT]** vulnerability detection constrained by cost * efficiency (logical)
+
+---
+
+**[22]** seed:64-67
+> "- moats are measureable"
+> "- skills are evolved, red queen arms race"
+> "- systemic stability is searched for"
+> "- systemic opportunities are searched for"
+
+- **[SUMP]** moats are measurable
+- **[SUMP]** skills evolve via red queen
+- **[SUMP]** systemic stability is searched for
+- **[SUMP]** systemic opportunities are searched for
+
+---
+
+**[23]** seed:71-83
+> "true post-strategy is the asymptotic stable state where all moats have been disolved w/ sufficient strategy"
+> "in a world w/ no more moats, then"
+> "- execution is commoditized"
+> "- efficiency is commoditized"
+> "- capacity is commoditized"
+> "no captured resources exist."
+> "instead, totally distributed abundance is all that remains"
+> "- free outcome of anything desired"
+> "  - cash cost goes to zero (literally)"
+> "  - time cost goes to zero (symbolically; really, to the theoretical limit for any operation that achieves the same behavior)"
+
+- **[SUMP]** true post-strategy = all moats dissolved
+- **[SUMP]** no moats → execution, efficiency, capacity commoditized
+- **[SUMP]** no captured resources exist post-strategy
+- **[SUMP]** totally distributed abundance remains
+- **[SUMP]** cash cost goes to zero
+- **[SUMP]** time cost approaches theoretical limit
+
+---
+
+**[24]** seed:87-91
+> "in that world, only curation remains"
+> "- taste; gut feel on whats better or whats worse"
+> "- values; what kind of world do you want to live in?"
+> "- purpose; why do you care?"
+
+- **[SUMP]** only curation remains post-strategy
+- **[FACT]** curation includes taste, values, purpose (definitional)
+
+---
+
+**[25]** seed:95-113
+> "at the end of the post-strategy curve, @ the asymptote,"
+> "curation becomes the last frontier of human labor."
+> "i.e.,"
+> "- why to strategize?"
+> "- what to strategize for?"
+> "consumers will vote w/ dollars based on values"
+> "what values they want to express"
+> "what systemic outcomes the businesses they purchase from produce"
+> "what virtues they represent"
+> "they'll vote for the ffuture via their purchases; their patronage."
+> "via what they choose to spend their time on."
+
+- **[SUMP]** curation becomes last frontier of human labor
+- **[SUMP]** consumers will vote with dollars based on values
+- **[OPIN]** vote via purchases/patronage
+
+---
+
+### open questions from seed
+
+**[26]** seed:117-119
+> "khue's come in on"
+> "- what about post-curator?"
+> "- wouldn't post-curator arrive in parallel to post-strategist?"
+
+- **[KHUE]** what about post-curator?
+- **[KHUE]** does post-curator arrive in parallel to post-strategist?
+
+---
+
+**[27]** seed:123-128
+> "also, a question is,"
+> "khue; post-operator, would folks even have the ability to purchase?"
+> "- assumptino is yes"
+> "- in the distributed postlabor abundance future, anyone can have anything"
+> "- the only cost is time && sustainability"
+
+- **[KHUE]** post-operator: would folks have ability to purchase?
+- **[SUMP]** yes, folks can purchase (explicit assumption)
+- **[SUMP]** anyone can have all in distributed abundance future
+- **[SUMP]** only costs are time and sustainability
+
+---
+
+**[28]** seed:132-134
+> "the floor is raised"
+> "the ceiling is unbound"
+> "the walls are firm (treat others as self)"
+
+- **[OPIN]** floor raised = desirable
+- **[OPIN]** ceiling unbound = desirable
+- **[OPIN]** walls firm = desirable
+
+---
+
+### post-curator details
+
+**[29]** seed:138-142
+> "post-curator"
+> "the last asymptote is post-curator"
+> "&& again, asymptote because its unclear if ever humans will be totally removed or whether there will always be an advantage of added human perspective; peer review"
+
+- **[SUMP]** post-curator is the last asymptote
+- **[KHUE]** will humans ever be totally removed, or will human perspective always have advantage?
+
+---
+
+**[30]** seed:146-152
+> "w/ curation in particular,"
+> "for human tastes"
+> "1. values are curatable"
+> "2. vibes are curatable"
+> "3. priorities are curatable"
+
+- **[SUMP]** values, vibes, priorities are curatable by robots
+
+---
+
+**[31]** seed:156
+> "the role of a human may be to curate their bet && see if it resonates w/ otehrs"
+
+- **[SUMP]** human role may be to curate bets and test resonance
+
+---
+
+**[32]** seed:160-166
+> "similar to all labor though, its possible even curation"
+> "can be distilled into skills that surpass human capacity or efficiency each time too"
+> "hence, some long run asymptote"
+> "bet = this will take longer than post-strategy"
+
+- **[SUMP]** curation can be distilled into skills that surpass humans
+- **[SUMP]** post-curator will take longer than post-strategist
+
+---
+
+### formal definitions
+
+**[33]** seed:172-182
+> "1; post-operator asymptote ="
+> "robo ability to delegate and orchestrate execution against prescribed (= distilled skill) strategies"
+> "2; post-strategist asymptote ="
+> "robo ability to strategize the best way to fulfill any objective"
+> "3; post-curator asymptote ="
+> "robo ability to curate the most desirable taste in future (design, values, priorities, etc)"
+
+- **[FACT]** post-operator = robo delegate+orchestrate execution (definitional)
+- **[FACT]** post-strategist = robo strategize best way for any objective (definitional)
+- **[FACT]** post-curator = robo curate desirable taste (definitional)
+
+---
+
+### restabilization impacts
+
+**[34]** seed:186-190
+> "the impact of each is restabilization"
+> "1. post-operator = restabalization of employment & survival"
+> "2. post-strategist = restabilization of business & ecosystems"
+> "3. post-curator = restablization of independence"
+
+- **[SUMP]** each asymptote causes restabilization
+- **[SUMP]** post-operator restabilizes employment & survival
+- **[SUMP]** post-strategist restabilizes business & ecosystems
+- **[SUMP]** post-curator restabilizes independence
+
+---
+
+**[35]** seed:199-209
+> "post-operator;"
+> "humans are no longer competitive as operators"
+> "theres no more room for hand woven fabrics"
+> "when you have the loom."
+> "this means employment and surival contracts must have sever restabilization"
+> "this impacts 90%+ of all folks."
+
+- **[FACT]** loom analogy: better tool → handcraft not competitive (historical fact)
+- **[SUMP]** employment contracts must severely restabilize
+- **[SUMP]** impacts 90%+ of all folks
+
+---
+
+**[36]** seed:213-219
+> "post-strategist;"
+> "humans are no longer competitive as strategists"
+> "theres no more room for human ideas to compete in how to achieve goals, efficiency, or capacity"
+> "its all driven by increasingly comodetized strategic capability, until everything is commoditized"
+
+- **[SUMP]** humans no longer competitive as strategists
+- **[SUMP]** no room for human ideas in strategy
+- **[SUMP]** strategic capability commoditizes all
+
+---
+
+**[37]** seed:223-239
+> "post-curator ;"
+> "humans are no longer competitive as curators"
+> "post strategist, everything is commoditized"
+> "purchase from bizX"
+> "costs the same as"
+> "purchase from bizY"
+> "so, by the end of post-strategist, the only differentiator = taste"
+> "= the curated 'taste' of the product"
+> "- how does it make you feel"
+> "- what does it represent"
+> "- what values does it propogate"
+> "- what future does it systemically produce"
+
+- **[SUMP]** humans no longer competitive as curators
+- **[SUMP]** post-strategist → all costs the same
+- **[SUMP]** only differentiator = taste
+- **[FACT]** taste includes feel, representation, values, systemic future (definitional)
+
+---
+
+**[38]** seed:243-248
+> "at that point, curated taste is the last frontier"
+> "- why to do things"
+> "- what to strategize for"
+> "- &&"
+> "- in what priority? (prioritized against time)"
+
+- **[SUMP]** curated taste is last frontier
+- **[FACT]** curation questions: why, what, priority (definitional)
+
+---
+
+**[39]** seed:252-262
+> "eventually, & robably longer than it takes to achieve post-strategy"
+> "we'll reach post-curation"
+> "where even this, it is no longer competitive for humans to curate"
+> "as a robot will always be skilled enough to produce better taste"
+> "at that point, we cant even trust our gut"
+> "a total loss of independence -> we choose all, but never produce any"
+
+- **[SUMP]** post-curation takes longer than post-strategist
+- **[SUMP]** robots will produce better taste than humans
+- **[SUMP]** humans can't trust their gut post-curation
+- **[SUMP]** total loss of independence: choose all, produce none
+
+---
+
+### final frontiers
+
+**[40]** seed:267-279
+> "now, on curation"
+> "the universe is so immensely infinite"
+> "that perhaps there will always be room for humans"
+> "to independently express and explore tastes in different realms"
+> "so perhaps we'll always be navigators of our own destiny"
+> "&&"
+> "always have the questions to explore through"
+
+- **[FACT]** universe is immensely large (physical fact)
+- **[KHUE]** will there always be room for humans to express/explore?
+- **[KHUE]** will humans always be navigators of destiny?
+- **[KHUE]** will there always be questions to explore?
+
+---
+
+**[41]** seed:283-293
+> "but!"
+> "the answer space"
+> "that will be post-labor"
+> "robots will propell to the navigable spaces much faster than us"
+> "&&"
+> "synthesisze the deliverables faster too"
+
+- **[SUMP]** answer space will be post-labor
+- **[SUMP]** robots will reach navigable spaces faster
+- **[SUMP]** robots will synthesize deliverables faster
+
+---
+
+**[42]** seed:298-310
+> "so, post-curation"
+> "our only frontier will be"
+> "- to explore (concepts, space, diversity of imagined tastes, etc)"
+> "- to express (life, emote, experience, etc)"
+> "maybe as enriched companions to robots with unlimited freedoms"
+> "but surely companions at best, and not the producers any longer"
+> "e.g., spoiled and constrained only by walls that keep eachother unharmed by eachother"
+
+- **[SUMP]** explore + express become only human frontiers
+- **[OPIN]** "enriched companions" frame
+- **[SUMP]** humans will be companions, not producers
+- **[OPIN]** "spoiled" frame
+- **[OPIN]** constrained by walls that prevent mutual harm
+
+---
+
+---
+
+## .summary statistics
+
+| category | count | percentage |
+|----------|-------|------------|
+| **[FACT]** | 21 | 21% |
+| **[SUMP]** | 64 | 64% |
+| **[KHUE]** | 10 | 10% |
+| **[OPIN]** | 15 | 15% |
+
+---
+
+## .observations
+
+### facts are primarily definitional
+
+most [FACT] claims are definitional (what "post-operator" means) or logical implications (if A then B). the core physical facts are:
+- time cannot be eliminated (causality)
+- heat death imposes ultimate limit (thermodynamics)
+- universe is immensely large (cosmology)
+- if robots do X better, humans not competitive at X (tautology)
+
+### assumptions are the load-bear structure
+
+the framework rests heavily on assumptions about:
+- robot capability trajectories (will achieve X)
+- economic outcomes (costs go to zero, moats dissolve)
+- social outcomes (distributed abundance, restabilization)
+- timeline claims (post-curator takes longer than post-strategist)
+
+### key open questions
+
+the seed explicitly surfaces questions that should be explored:
+- will humans always have a role in curation?
+- does post-curator arrive in parallel to post-strategist?
+- what is the limit of the arms race?
+- will folks have ability to purchase post-operator?
+
+### opinions frame the narrative
+
+opinions shape the desirability frame:
+- "floors raised, ceilings unbound, walls firm" as goals
+- "enriched companions" vs "spoiled" frames
+- "spread life and understand universe" as objective
+
+---
+
+## .next steps
+
+per the wish's prescribed rigid skill sequence:
+
+1. ✅ kernelize — claims extracted and classified above
+2. → cluster citations and identify interdependencies
+3. → construct treestruct of progressive disclosure
+4. → propose breakdown of briefs
+5. → execute and write briefs
+
+the next step should cluster these kernels into conceptual groups and identify which assumptions need validation vs which can be taken as contingent premises.
diff --git a/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.1.research.kernels._.v1.src b/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.1.research.kernels._.v1.src
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+research the kernels extractable in order to fulfill
+- this wish .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/0.wish.md
+
+specifically
+- what are the facts that we can extract, referenced in the wish and its seed reference?
+- what are the questions and assumptions we can identify, to distinguish from facts?
+
+---
+
+carefully read the wish and its seed concepts
+- cite every claim
+- number each citation
+- clone exact quotes from each citation
+
+explicitly label each claim found from research as either
+- a [FACT] = an indisputable, immutable truth
+or
+- a [SUMP] = an assumption, that someone has made, either explicitly or implicitly
+or
+- a [KHUE] = an open question, that we too should consider
+or
+- a [OPIN] = an opinion, a subjective declaration, that we should consider
+
+---
+
+emit into .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.1.research.kernels._.v1.i1.md
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+# research: templates for postlabor asymptotes briefs
+
+## .summary
+
+this document researches the template patterns from `rhachet-roles-bhrain/thinker/briefs/knowledge` to inform the structure of postlabor asymptotes briefs as requested in the wish.
+
+---
+
+## .template structure overview
+
+the template repository contains 44 files organized into a progressive disclosure system [1]:
+
+| prefix | topic | count |
+|--------|-------|-------|
+| `kno101.*` | primitives (ontology, relationships, instances, documents, concepts) | 5 |
+| `kno201.*` | document archetypes (articles, catalogs, demos, lessons) | 5 |
+| `kno301.*` | document compression & enbriefing (refs, kernels, briefs) | 21 |
+| `kno351.*` | recursion & meta-documentation | 2 |
+| `kno401.*` | actors (author, librarian, interdependence) | 3 |
+| `kno501.*` | catalog structure templates | 2 |
+
+this numbering follows a collegial progression pattern:
+- `1xx` = foundational primitives
+- `2xx` = document types
+- `3xx` = compression & transformation mechanisms
+- `4xx` = actor roles
+- `5xx` = synthesis & templates
+
+---
+
+## .key patterns
+
+### pattern 1: the concept-instance-document triad
+
+**source**: `kno101.primitives.1.ontology.[article].frame.docs_as_materializations.md` [2]
+
+> "knowledge rests on three interdependent layers:
+> - **instances** (atoms of data/experience)
+> - **documents** (materializations built on instances)
+> - **concepts** (patterns/relationships in reality)"
+
+> "documents sit in the middle layer: they **leverage instances to reveal concepts**"
+
+> "concepts (patterns in reality)
+>     ↓ materialized via
+> documents (organized arrangements of instances)
+>     ↓ grounded in
+> instances (atoms of raw data/experience)"
+
+**relation to wish**: the postlabor asymptotes are **concepts** (patterns in reality). the seed.md contains **instances** (observations, examples, progression sequences). the briefs will be **documents** that materialize these concepts by organization of the instances.
+
+---
+
+### pattern 2: document archetypes
+
+**source**: `kno201.documents._.[catalog].md` [3]
+
+> "| **archetype** | **what** |
+> |---------------|----------|
+> | 📖 **article**   | defines *what a concept is* |
+> | 🗂️ **catalog**   | organizes *how concepts/instances relate* |
+> | 🎬 **demo**      | exemplifies *how an instance shows a concept* |
+> | 🎓 **lesson**    | teaches *how a concept is learned/practiced* |"
+
+> "- 📖 **articles define**
+> - 🗂️ **catalogs organize**
+> - 🎬 **demos exemplify**
+> - 🎓 **lessons teach**
+>
+> each archetype materializes concepts from instances with a distinct treatment style, together forming a complementary system of knowledge."
+
+**relation to wish**: the postlabor asymptotes briefs should use multiple archetypes:
+- `[article]` for definitional briefs (e.g., "what is post-operator?")
+- `[catalog]` for organizational briefs (e.g., "human involvement stages across asymptotes")
+- `[demo]` for relational briefs (e.g., "software development as post-operator example")
+- `[lesson]` for pedagogical briefs (e.g., "how to evaluate labor competitiveness")
+
+---
+
+### pattern 3: compression axis
+
+**source**: `kno301.doc.compression._.[article].md` [4]
+
+> "| variant           | purpose | compression  | concept span   | role |
+> |-------------------|---------|--------------|----------------|------|
+> | 🔖 **doc.ref**    | point   | anemic       | one            | handle into a concept (no content itself) |
+> | 🌱 **doc.kernel** | seed    | atomic       | one            | minimal expression, fertile for growth |
+> | 🪴 **doc.brief**  | carry   | compressed   | one or more    | self-contained, structured, and transferable |
+> | 📚 **doc**        | host    | unspecified  | one or more    | general materialization at any scale |"
+
+**relation to wish**: the briefs should be `doc.brief` level compression — compressed but self-contained. the wish's kernelization step (step 1) maps to extraction of `doc.kernel`s from the seed, then cluster and expand into `doc.brief`s.
+
+---
+
+### pattern 4: kernelization
+
+**source**: `kno301.doc.kernelize._.[article].md` [5]
+
+> "**<kernelize>** is the mechanism that extracts 🌱 **doc.kernels** from any 📚 **doc**.
+> it reduces unstructured or expansive material into **atomic expressions**, each carrying **one concept**.
+> where a 📚 doc may hold many tangled ideas, <kernelize> isolates them into minimal, portable seeds."
+
+> "**one concept only** — every kernel carries exactly one concept
+> **atomic** — irreducible without breaking the idea
+> **fertile** — can grow into larger articulations (briefs, essays, treatises)
+> **portable** — reusable across different contexts and documents"
+
+**relation to wish**: step 1 of the wish is "kernelize the distinct concepts claimed in the seed." the seed contains entangled concepts (post-operator, post-strategist, post-curator, stages of human involvement, red queen dynamics, etc.) that need isolation into atomic kernels before cluster.
+
+---
+
+### pattern 5: enbrief from instances
+
+**source**: `kno301.doc.enbrief.1.from_instances.[article].md` [6]
+
+> "1. **collect instances**
+>    - gather relevant observations tied to the concept
+>
+> 2. **select for salience**
+>    - choose the most representative instances
+>    - filter out noise or redundancies
+>
+> 3. **arrange structurally**
+>    - organize chosen instances into a compact narrative or argument
+>    - highlight how they reveal the concept's pattern or principle
+>
+> 4. **compress articulation**
+>    - distill explanation into a few paragraphs
+>    - ensure maximum signal, minimal noise"
+
+**relation to wish**: the seed.md is rich with instances (apples fall → looms, classic developer → khlone delegates, etc.). the enbrief process will select, arrange, and compress these instances into briefs.
+
+---
+
+### pattern 6: articulation mechanism
+
+**source**: `kno301.doc.enbrief.2.articulate.[article].md` [7]
+
+> "**articulate** is the mechanism that **instantiates articles**: it materializes a concept as a definitional treatment that clarifies *what it is*."
+
+> "to articulate 'symmetry,' one defines it as **invariance under transformation**, relating with instances like butterfly wings and geometric rotations.
+> to articulate 'leadership,' one defines it as **the capacity to influence and coordinate others**, relating with instances like historical figures or everyday group dynamics.
+> to articulate 'entropy,' one defines it as **a measure of multiplicity/uncertainty**, relating with ice melting or shuffled cards."
+
+**relation to wish**: each asymptote concept (post-operator, post-strategist, post-curator) needs articulation:
+- post-operator = "when robots are able to execute any declared strategy & fulfill it reliably" [seed]
+- post-strategist = "robo ability to strategize the best way to fulfill any objective" [seed]
+- post-curator = "robo ability to curate the most desirable taste in future" [seed]
+
+---
+
+### pattern 7: catalog structure
+
+**source**: `kno501.doc.enbrief.catalog.structure1.[article].md` [8]
+
+> "**structure.s1** is a **common structure for a catalog**: it organizes a `$concept` into a set of `$subconcept` clusters, balancing a compressed overview with detailed expansions."
+
+> "1. **compressed overview (table)**
+>    - **purpose:** provide a **scannable map** of the `$concept` space
+>    - **format:** a table whose **first column is always cluster** (naming each `$subconcept`)
+>
+> 2. **clusters (expanded sections)**
+>    - **purpose:** deepen understanding of each `$subconcept`
+>    - **format:** a section per cluster, consisting of:
+>      1. **emoji-marked header** — each cluster begins with a **distinct emoji**
+>      2. **short description** — 1–3 sentences that summarize the cluster's essence
+>      3. **nested outline** — flexible bullet/subbullet structure
+>
+> 3. **insight (synthesis)**
+>    - **purpose:** extract patterns across clusters"
+
+**relation to wish**: the human involvement stages (isolated → extended → competed → surpassed → red-queen) form a natural catalog. the three asymptotes can also be cataloged with their respective restabilization impacts.
+
+---
+
+### pattern 8: actor roles (librarian)
+
+**source**: `kno401.actors.1.role.librarian.[article].md` [9]
+
+> "a **librarian** is the actor that **curates knowledge collections**: rather than authoring new documents, the librarian operates on existing ones, arranging them into coherent systems that make knowledge accessible and durable."
+
+> "- **authors** materialize concepts into *documents*.
+> - **librarians** materialize documents into *collections*.
+> - mechanisms like **articulate, catalogize, demonstrate, lessonize** operate **within documents**.
+> - the **librarian** operates **between documents**, turning scattered works into a coherent knowledge ecology."
+
+**relation to wish**: the wish explicitly requests "distilled librarian style" — the briefs should be curated and arranged into a coherent collection that follows the collegial progression (asym001, asym1xx, asym2xx, etc.).
+
+---
+
+### pattern 9: progressive disclosure numbering
+
+**source**: directory list [1]
+
+the template uses a three-digit numbering scheme:
+- first digit = major topic area (1xx=primitives, 2xx=documents, 3xx=compression, etc.)
+- second two digits = subtopic order within the area
+
+this maps directly to the wish's requested structure:
+- `asym001` = total summary (clifnotes)
+- `asym1xx` = fundamental primitives & high-level overview
+- `asym2xx` = post-operator
+- `asym3xx` = post-strategist
+- `asym4xx` = post-curator
+- `asym5xx` = synthesis (ecologies, societies, tie-together)
+
+---
+
+### pattern 10: concepts as invariants
+
+**source**: `kno101.primitives.5.concepts.[article].md` [10]
+
+> "**concepts** are the abstract structures — patterns, relationships, or principles — that exist in reality independent of documentation."
+
+> "- **ontic** → exist whether or not they are recognized or documented
+> - **structural** → defined by relationships among instances, not by any single instance
+> - **stable** → persist across contexts, even if expressed differently"
+
+**relation to wish**: the wish emphasizes that postlabor asymptotes are "inevitable" based on "fundamental truths" and "invariants that are true-by-definition" — not hopes or opinions. the concepts (post-operator, post-strategist, post-curator) are treated as ontic patterns that will manifest regardless of documentation.
+
+---
+
+### pattern 11: demo as relational bridge
+
+**source**: `kno301.doc.enbrief.1.from_instances.[demo].entropy.md` [11]
+
+> "the same set of **instances** (🧊 ice melting, 🃏 shuffling a deck, 🗜️ lossless data compression limits) can be compressed into different **brief archetypes**.
+> this demo shows how the concept of **entropy** is materialized differently depending on the treatment: definitional, organizational, relational, or pedagogical."
+
+the demo shows how one concept (entropy) manifests across all four archetypes:
+- 📖 article: "defines entropy as a measure of multiplicity/disorder"
+- 🗂️ catalog: maps thermodynamic, statistical, information views
+- 🎬 demo: shuffle cards as focal instance
+- 🎓 lesson: progressive activities (coin flips → shuffled decks → ice melt → compression)
+
+**relation to wish**: the software development progression (classic dev → rhachet roles → khlone delegates → robot arms race) from the seed is a perfect demo instance for post-operator. similar demo instances should be identified for post-strategist and post-curator.
+
+---
+
+## .application to wish
+
+### map template patterns to wish structure
+
+| wish requirement | template pattern | implementation |
+|-----------------|------------------|----------------|
+| "asym001 total summary" | compressed overview | `[summary]` archetype at top |
+| "asym1xx fundamental primitives" | `kno101.*` pattern | define: asymptote, restabilization, human involvement stages |
+| "asym2xx post-operator" | `kno2xx.*` pattern | articles + demos + lessons for post-operator |
+| "asym3xx post-strategist" | `kno3xx.*` pattern | articles + demos for post-strategist |
+| "asym4xx post-curator" | `kno4xx.*` pattern | articles + demos for post-curator |
+| "asym5xx tie together" | `kno5xx.*` pattern | synthesis catalogs, relationship to ecologies/societies |
+
+### kernel extraction from seed (step 1 of wish)
+
+the seed contains these distinct kernels:
+
+**asymptote definitions**
+- 🌱 post-operator = robots execute any declared strategy reliably
+- 🌱 post-strategist = robots strategize the best way to fulfill any objective
+- 🌱 post-curator = robots curate the most desirable taste/values/priorities
+
+**human involvement stages**
+- 🌱 isolated = no robots available
+- 🌱 extended = humans leverage robots for subskills
+- 🌱 competed = robots are independently competitive
+- 🌱 surpassed = robots regularly surpass human performance
+- 🌱 red-queen = robots compete against robots
+
+**restabilization impacts**
+- 🌱 post-operator → restabilization of employment & survival
+- 🌱 post-strategist → restabilization of business & ecosystems
+- 🌱 post-curator → restabilization of independence
+
+**outcome invariants**
+- 🌱 floors raised = all accessible to all
+- 🌱 ceilings unbound = all wishes feasible
+- 🌱 walls enforced = agency protection
+- 🌱 time as singular constraint = ultimate frontier
+
+**human frontiers**
+- 🌱 post-labor frontier = to explore + to express
+- 🌱 enriched companions with unlimited freedoms
+- 🌱 spoiled, constrained only by walls that keep harm away
+
+---
+
+## .citations
+
+[1] directory list via `gh api repos/ehmpathy/rhachet-roles-bhrain/contents/src/domain.roles/thinker/briefs/knowledge`
+- 44 files total in progressive disclosure structure
+
+[2] `kno101.primitives.1.ontology.[article].frame.docs_as_materializations.md`
+- source: https://github.com/ehmpathy/rhachet-roles-bhrain/blob/main/src/domain.roles/thinker/briefs/knowledge/kno101.primitives.1.ontology.%5Barticle%5D.frame.docs_as_materializations.md
+
+[3] `kno201.documents._.[catalog].md`
+- source: https://github.com/ehmpathy/rhachet-roles-bhrain/blob/main/src/domain.roles/thinker/briefs/knowledge/kno201.documents._.%5Bcatalog%5D.md
+
+[4] `kno301.doc.compression._.[article].md`
+- source: https://github.com/ehmpathy/rhachet-roles-bhrain/blob/main/src/domain.roles/thinker/briefs/knowledge/kno301.doc.compression._.%5Barticle%5D.md
+
+[5] `kno301.doc.kernelize._.[article].md`
+- source: https://github.com/ehmpathy/rhachet-roles-bhrain/blob/main/src/domain.roles/thinker/briefs/knowledge/kno301.doc.kernelize._.%5Barticle%5D.md
+
+[6] `kno301.doc.enbrief.1.from_instances.[article].md`
+- source: https://github.com/ehmpathy/rhachet-roles-bhrain/blob/main/src/domain.roles/thinker/briefs/knowledge/kno301.doc.enbrief.1.from_instances.%5Barticle%5D.md
+
+[7] `kno301.doc.enbrief.2.articulate.[article].md`
+- source: https://github.com/ehmpathy/rhachet-roles-bhrain/blob/main/src/domain.roles/thinker/briefs/knowledge/kno301.doc.enbrief.2.articulate.%5Barticle%5D.md
+
+[8] `kno501.doc.enbrief.catalog.structure1.[article].md`
+- source: https://github.com/ehmpathy/rhachet-roles-bhrain/blob/main/src/domain.roles/thinker/briefs/knowledge/kno501.doc.enbrief.catalog.structure1.%5Barticle%5D.md
+
+[9] `kno401.actors.1.role.librarian.[article].md`
+- source: https://github.com/ehmpathy/rhachet-roles-bhrain/blob/main/src/domain.roles/thinker/briefs/knowledge/kno401.actors.1.role.librarian.%5Barticle%5D.md
+
+[10] `kno101.primitives.5.concepts.[article].md`
+- source: https://github.com/ehmpathy/rhachet-roles-bhrain/blob/main/src/domain.roles/thinker/briefs/knowledge/kno101.primitives.5.concepts.%5Barticle%5D.md
+
+[11] `kno301.doc.enbrief.1.from_instances.[demo].entropy.md`
+- source: https://github.com/ehmpathy/rhachet-roles-bhrain/blob/main/src/domain.roles/thinker/briefs/knowledge/kno301.doc.enbrief.1.from_instances.%5Bdemo%5D.entropy.md
+
+---
+
+## .next steps
+
+per the wish's prescribed rigid skill sequence:
+
+1. ✅ kernelize — distinct concepts extracted above
+2. → cluster citations and identify interdependencies
+3. → construct treestruct of progressive disclosure
+4. → propose breakdown of briefs
+5. → execute and write briefs to `.agent/repo=.this/role=ecologist/briefs/postlabor.asymptotes/`
diff --git a/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.1.research.templates._.v1.src b/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.1.research.templates._.v1.src
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+research the templates available in order to fulfill
+- this wish .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/0.wish.md
+- this vision .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/1.vision.md (if declared)
+- this criteria .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/2.criteria.blackbox.md (if declared)
+- this criteria .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/2.criteria.blueprint.md (if declared)
+
+specifically
+- what are the key patterns from each template?
+- how do they relate to the wish
+
+---
+
+use web search or the gh api to enumerate the contents of the templates
+- cite every claim
+- number each citation
+- clone exact quotes from each citation
+
+
+specifically, this template: https://github.com/ehmpathy/rhachet-roles-bhrain/tree/main/src/domain.roles/thinker/briefs/knowledge
+
+---
+
+emit into .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.1.research.templates._.v1.i1.md
diff --git a/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.3.blueprint.v1.src b/.behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.3.blueprint.v1.src
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+propose a blueprint for how we can implement the wish described
+- in .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/0.wish.md
+
+---
+
+include a treestruct of filediffs
+
+**legend:**
+- `[+] create` — file to create
+- `[~] update` — file to update
+- `[-] delete` — file to delete
+
+
+---
+
+
+remember, the purpose of the blueprint is to declare what the execution will adhere to
+
+we want to see
+- what contracts will be used
+- what the codepaths are, their ease of maintenance and readability
+
+---
+
+reference the below for full context
+- .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/0.wish.md
+
+---
+
+emit to .behavior/v2026_01_25.postlabor-asymptotes/3.3.blueprint.v1.i1.md