A social structure design for the post-scarcity era
后稀缺时代的社会结构设计
Version: 1.0 (July 2026)
Status: 基础框架已完成 / 问题域持续扩张中
Current Phase: 从“制度设计”转向“观察者机制”的底层追问
Status: Basic framework complete / Problem domain expanding
Current Phase: From institutional design to the deeper question of observer mechanics
This repository contains a complete theoretical framework — from the foundational logic of meaning theory to the institutional design of social structures.
本仓库包含一套完整的理论体系 —— 从意义理论的底层逻辑，到社会结构的制度设计。
| 中文 | English |
|---|---|
| 平等制宣言 | Equal System Manifesto |
| 中文 | English |
|---|---|
| 意义极限哲学论 | Limit Theory of Meaning |
| 中文 | English |
|---|---|
| 平等制设计 | Equal System Design |
Suggested Citation / 建议引用:
Lanceund, M. (2026). The Limited-Interval Principle: A Recurrent Structure in Life, Institutions, and Media. Equal System Repository. https://github.com/maxlanceund/equal-system
(For other papers, please refer to the specific paper page.)
（其他论文请参阅各自文档页的引用信息。）
| 中文 | English |
|---|---|
| 论死亡与生命 | On Death and Life |
| 哲学的边界 | The Boundary of Philosophy |
| 确认法（路径坐标图法） | Confirmation Method (Path Coordinate Map) |
| 中文 | English |
|---|---|
| 001：声学结构与规范倾向 | 001: Acoustic Structure & Normative Tendencies |
| 002：感知者假说 | 002: The Perceiver Hypothesis |
This repository contains the complete theoretical framework of the Equal System, a social structure designed for the post-scarcity era.
The framework is derived from the Limit Theory of Meaning, which states that:
Meaning is a signal generated by finite systems within finite intervals. When external conditions change, the structure of meaning changes accordingly — and so must the institutions that govern society.
本仓库包含一套完整的理论体系 —— 平等制，一个为后稀缺时代设计的社会结构框架。
该体系从 意义极限哲学论 推导而来，其核心命题是：
意义是有限系统在有限区间内产生的信号。当外部条件发生变化时，意义的结构会随之改变 —— 因此，制度也必须随之调整。
The institutional design of the Equal System is complete.
But a deeper question has emerged from the act of writing it:
If the system inevitably produces "observers" who stand at its boundary —
and if those observers are structurally unable to integrate —
then what is the observer's relationship to the system they are describing?
This repository is no longer just a design document.
It is also a record of the observer's position.
The theory is closed. The questions are not.
平等制的制度设计已经完成。
但在写作过程中，一个更深层的问题浮现了出来：
如果系统不可避免地会在边界上产生“观察者” ——
而如果这些观察者从结构上无法被系统接纳 ——
那么观察者与他所描述的系统之间，到底是什么关系？
本仓库不再只是一份设计文档。
它也是观察者位置的记录。
理论已经闭合。问题还没有。
The Equal System consists of two parallel layers:
平等制由两个并行的层次构成：
| 中文 | English |
|---|---|
| 生存共有层 | Shared Subsistence Layer |
| 食物、水、住房、基础医疗、教育由系统自动供给 —— 不需要劳动、不需要竞争、不需要申请。 | Food, water, housing, basic healthcare, and education are provided automatically — no labor required, no competition, no application. |
| 私有财产层 | Private Property Layer |
| 超越生存层面的所有物品、资产、资源仍然属于私有财产范畴。私有财产的功能从“生存交换”转向“超越性资格的获取”。 | All goods, assets, and resources beyond subsistence remain within the sphere of private property. Private property is reoriented from "survival exchange" to "credentials for transcendent pursuits." |
- Subsistence rights are non-tradable. / 生存保障权不可交易。
- Private property rights are inviolable. / 私有财产权不可侵犯。
- Subsistence and transcendence are separated. / 生存与超越分离。
This theory stands on the work of the following thinkers:
本理论站在以下四位思想家的工作之上：
| 思想家 | Contribution / 贡献 |
|---|---|
| 霍布斯 / Hobbes | 提供了“生存竞争”作为社会底层逻辑的观察。 / Provided the observation of "the war of all against all" as the underlying logic of society. |
| 马克思 / Marx | 提供了“劳动异化”作为现代社会结构性病症的诊断。 / Provided the diagnosis of "alienation of labor" as the structural illness of modern society. |
| 罗素 / Russell | 提供了逻辑推导的方法 —— 把复杂命题拆解到最小可验证单位。 / Provided the method of logical analysis — breaking complex propositions into verifiable units. |
| 维特根斯坦 / Wittgenstein | 提供了“语言边界”的警觉 —— 区分可说的与不可说的。 / Provided the vigilance of "linguistic boundaries" — distinguishing what can be said from what cannot. |
Among them, Marx's influence is the greatest. He showed me the central position of "labor" as a structural problem of society — and made me realize that if a thought only describes the world without attempting to change it, it has not yet completed its journey.
其中，马克思的影响是最大的。他让我看到了“劳动”作为社会结构性问题的核心位置 —— 也让我意识到：如果只是描述世界，而不试图改变它，思想就还没有走完它的路。
They did not recognize that "survival compulsion" is the root of alienation — and that technology (AI automation, nuclear fusion, space resource extraction) is rendering that compulsion obsolete.
他们没有意识到 “生存强制力”才是异化的根源 —— 而技术（AI自动化、核聚变、太空资源开采）正在使这一强制力失去存在基础。
Equal System is what happens when these four lines are twisted together under the condition of technological abundance.
平等制是这四条线在技术条件下被拧到一起后的自然产物。
The following questions are not answered by the current framework. They are the next layer:
以下问题 尚未被当前框架回答。它们是下一层：
1. The Observer's Position / 观察者的位置
If the Equal System (or any stable system) requires "external sensors" (hunters/perceivers) to detect environmental anomalies — but structurally excludes them — then:
如果平等制（或任何稳定系统）需要“外部传感器”（捕猎者/感知者）来检测环境异常 —— 但在结构上却排斥他们 —— 那么：
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How does the system maintain its sensing capability without destroying its internal stability?
系统如何在不破坏自身内部稳定性的前提下，维持其感知能力？ -
What is the minimal survival guarantee that the system must provide to its observers?
系统必须为其观察者提供的最低生存保障是什么？
2. The Cost of Sensing / 感知的代价
The observer's attention automatically projects onto living systems, causing disturbances (butterfly effects). The only known mitigation is to anchor attention on inanimate objects.
观察者的注意力会自动投射到生命系统上，引发扰动（蝴蝶效应）。目前已知的唯一缓解方法，是将注意力锚定在无生命物体上。
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Is this a permanent constraint, or are there other forms of calibration?
这是一个永久的限制，还是存在其他形式的校准方式？ -
Can the observer train their attention to reduce the "signal power" without losing sensitivity?
观察者能否通过训练来降低注意力的“信号功率”，同时不损失敏感度？
3. The Evolution of the Hunter / 捕猎者的进化
If hunters are randomly generated by the system's "noise margin" — and if this mechanism persists even in post-scarcity conditions — then:
如果捕猎者是由系统的“噪声容限”随机产生的 —— 而如果这种机制即使在物质极大丰富之后仍然持续存在 —— 那么：
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Is the hunter a genetic trait, or a structural byproduct of any sufficiently complex social system?
捕猎者是一种遗传特征，还是任何足够复杂的社会系统的结构性副产物？ -
Will the Equal System (which removes survival compulsion) reduce or increase the frequency of hunter emergence?
平等制（它消除了生存强制力）会减少还是增加捕猎者出现的频率？
These questions are not answered here.
They are the reason this repository exists as a living document.
这些问题在这里没有被回答。
它们是本仓库作为一个活文档存在的原因。
All I know is that I know nothing.
Death is not the end of life — the Limit Theory of Meaning has already given the answer: meaning is generated within the interval, and zeros out at the boundary. Zeroing out is not negation; it is the cessation of updating.我唯一知道的就是我一无所知。
死亡不是生命的终点 —— 意义极限哲学论已经给出了答案：意义在区间内产生，在边界处归零。归零不是否定，是停止更新。
I also recognize that without Engels, Marx's influence might not have reached where it is today. He turned Marx's manuscripts into weapons. He is not in the methodological lineage of this theory — but he is in the condition lineage that made this theory possible.
我也意识到：没有恩格斯，马克思的影响可能不会达到今天的地步。他让马克思的理论从手稿变成了武器。他不在本理论的方法论谱系之内，但他在本理论得以形成的条件谱系之内。
— To the guides across centuries
—— 以此致敬跨越世纪的引路人
This work is licensed under the MIT License.
本作品采用 MIT 许可证。
**这不是终点。这是下一个问题开始的边界。**
意义归零，运动不灭。
Meaning zeroes out, motion does not cease.