The Frameworks

The intellectual foundations that run through the Entropy Press catalog. Each one started as a private working model and is being published here for the first time.

Entropy Surface

Where an agent encounters unpredictable outcomes is where learning happens. The frontier of model failure is the only place a model can improve.

Validation Distance

The distance between a claim and its nearest credible validator determines whether the claim is heard — regardless of whether it's true.

Network Relativity

Information travels at different speeds through different network structures. Position in a network determines when — and whether — ideas arrive at all.

Memetic Economics

Ideas have economic properties: supply, demand, scarcity, value. The meme is the unit of intellectual currency, and its price is determined by attention markets.

The Learning Sandwich (ABC)

Effective learning requires connecting new information to existing models — not just receiving it. Always Be Connecting is the structure, not the slogan. The architecture of the Playable Worlds drip mechanic is built on this framework.