This essay develops synthetic infrastructure as the integration layer within a system of ten interdependent fields. Infrastructure integrates structure, protocol, validation, regulation, support, territory, mediation, growth, and movement into a persistent operational environment. Infrastructure ensures long-term storage, identification, governance, and maintenance. In relation to the other fields, infrastructure stabilises linguistic structure, records protocol operations, preserves validated knowledge, supports systemic regulation, maintains architectural structures, stabilises territorial distribution, stores mediated content, supports morphogenetic expansion, and enables circulation through persistent access. Infrastructure therefore ensures persistence.
Anto Lloveras (Sun,) studied this question.