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To formulate a theoretical framework of social power dynamics by linking cultural scripts, attention control, and material conditions through active inference and computational principles.

August 14, 2026TopoiOpen Access

Post-Control Script-Societies: Social Power Dynamics Through Attention Mechanisms as Active Inference

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SJSonia de JagerErasmus University Rotterdam MAMahault AlbarracinErasmus University Rotterdam

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Theoretical analysis demonstrates how cultural scripts direct attention via active inference, suggesting social power operates through information processing and computation.

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To formulate a theoretical framework of social power dynamics by linking cultural scripts, attention control, and material conditions through active inference and computational principles.
Conceptual modeling integrating active inference, information theory, and social theory.
Theoretical analysis of shared cultural norms, languages, and habits as discrete algorithmic scripts that regulate attention and behavior.
Social power manifests as the capacity to modulate shared information-processing policies and direct collective attention.
Empowerment operates computationally by expanding an agent's opportunities to alter material conditions and future behavioral trajectories.
Power functions as a direct product of attention-attraction capability and information-processing efficiency in maintaining or altering societal scripts.

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Jager et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ec7aab70b84ec8b914286 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-026-10458-7

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Theoretical analysis demonstrates how cultural scripts direct attention via active inference, suggesting social power operates through information processing and computation.

Post-Control Script-Societies: Social Power Dynamics Through Attention Mechanisms as Active Inference

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