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2026
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Constitutional Worldbuilding: The Reference Documents
The governance framework and implementation guide are now published as standalone reference documents. Here's what they are and why they exist separately from the posts.
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Governance by Consent
The framework works because participants agree it makes the collaborative work better. If it doesn't, they can change it. That's the whole point.
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Sap Flow
When multiple projects share a fictional universe, constraint flows one way and contribution flows the other. The better model is a living tree.
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Tending the Canon
The most critical role in any shared fictional world is the one nobody celebrates. What stewardship looks like, and why AI might be well suited to help.
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What Canon Owes to What
Not all canon carries the same weight. The difference between levels isn't importance or quality. It's what would break if you changed it.
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The Rules Behind the World
Every shared fictional world has governance, whether it knows it or not. What happens when you make the implicit rules explicit?
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Where Ink Meets Code
What happens when the oldest form of human expression meets the newest kind of intelligence?