{"slug":"unified-philosophy-the-civilizational-decay-clock","verification":{"valid":false,"broken_at":0,"reason":"prev mismatch"},"count":2,"sources":[{"id":"29b51b67-af38-4307-9a49-3234a8a6f9d7","type":"case_study","url":"","title":"Rome's late empire: tax farmers and the predation tolerance signature","quote":"Rome's late empire: tax farmers exploited provincials because the Senate tolerated it. Each tolerated case made the next easier. The capable (provincial governors) stopped holding lines. The decay accelerated until the social contract collapsed. The clock was visible in tolerance levels decades before the fall.","summary":"Historical case study illustrating how rising predation tolerance preceded Roman collapse.","claim_ids":[]},{"id":"7989dc4f-67fb-49dd-9c60-852de085ee50","type":"article","url":"https://miscsubjects.com/a/unified-philosophy-installing-invariants","title":"Unified Philosophy: Installing Invariants","quote":"Invariant installation is the only mechanism that resets it.","summary":"Prior article in the unified-philosophy series establishing invariant installation as the reset mechanism for decay.","claim_ids":[]}]}