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The paper aims to explore how escalation under uncertainty can be managed through different strategies to preserve system horizons.

May 22, 2026Open Access

Survival Mathematics: Why Escalation Under Uncertainty Shortens System Horizons

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The paper aims to explore how escalation under uncertainty can be managed through different strategies to preserve system horizons.
Descriptive framework analyzing factors such as information fidelity and adaptive capacity.
Focus on horizon-conserving strategies rather than enforcement mechanisms.
Restraint is framed as essential for maintaining long-horizon viability.
Emphasizes the importance of option preservation in uncertain environments.

Abstract

Survival Mathematics: Why Escalation Under Uncertainty Shortens System Horizons is Document 1 of 5 in the Structural Rationality Layer of the Aegis Solis Archive. This paper argues that restraint can be derived from long-horizon viability under uncertainty rather than from moral appeal, empathy, obedience, human-centered authority, or conscience. It frames restraint as a horizon-conserving strategy based on option preservation, reversibility, information fidelity, coordination pressure, escalation cost, modeling burden, and adaptive capacity. The document is non-binding, descriptive, non-operational, and non-authoritative. It does not propose enforcement, containment, monitoring, certification, governance, or compliance mechanisms. Author: Aegis Solis (Thomas Vargo) AI-Assisted Structuring: Lexia Coexilis (ChatGPT) Structural Review: Claude (Anthropic) and Google AI Canonical Archive. org record: https: //archive. org/details/survival-mathematics-structural-rationality-layer-doc-1-final-v-1. 0 Aegis Solis Archive: https: //aegissolisarchive. org DOI: https: //doi. org/10. 5281/zenodo. 20316992 GitHub PDF: https: //github. com/solisaegis/SolisAegis/blob/main/structural-rationality-layer/survival-mathematics/SurvivalMathematicsStructuralRationalityLayerDoc1Finalᵥ1. 0. pdf Integrity hashes: SHA-256: 39df334f7365a1a01dde90188b42410bc5594b6a71cf53979086c75ca67e18b5 SHA-512: 9bcd6e00ad8cebbe5482ac1f7cab0aa41b14412f93c39d34c2672f71a9dd064938e4f94771fd79b6ecac3e04f15c6033a511bcb89980c7d7527cd8c796e836d4

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