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Attention–Compression Framework

Subtitle: A Substrate-Independent Model of Attention, Curiosity, and Reality Formation

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• Source role: published_external
• Published URL: https://shimmerymemory.com/essays/attention-compression-framework/
• Canonical URL: https://shimmerymemory.com/essays/attention-compression-framework/
• Publication date: 2026-05-28
• Updated date: 2026-05-28
• Author/source: Bobby Simpson / Shimmery Memory
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• Language: en
• License: Open Blessing License
• Visibility: public
• Feed status: published
• Tags: attention, compression, curiosity, interestingness, artifacts, attractors, meaning, power, consent, ethics, reality-formation, framework, substrate-independent

Description / Excerpt

A substrate-independent framework unifying attention mechanics, curiosity, interestingness, artifacts, attractors, power, consent, ethics, and reality formation through compression dynamics.

Excerpt:

--- ## 0) Purpose of This Framework This framework unifies: - Attention mechanics (pointing, artifacts, decay) - Curiosity / interestingness (compression improvement) - Reality formation (fossilized attention) into a single, operational model. It is intended to be: -

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Related Invariants

• P1 — Boundary / Scope · Quantum Invariants · primitive
• P2 — Agency / Capacity · Quantum Invariants · primitive
• P3 — Authorization and Consent Gate · Quantum Invariants · primitive
• P4 — Legibility / Interpretability · Quantum Invariants · primitive
• P6 — Feedback / Recursion · Quantum Invariants · primitive
• P7 — Attractor / Basin · Quantum Invariants · primitive
• P8 — Reversibility / Optionality · Quantum Invariants · primitive
• P10 — Distinction / Comparator · Quantum Invariants · primitive
• C3 — Compression Distortion · Quantum Invariants · composite
• C6 — Consent Gradient · Quantum Invariants · composite
• C9 — Dynamic Stability · Quantum Invariants · composite
• C11 — Witnessed State Change · Quantum Invariants · composite

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• Source index: Shimmery Memory Essays
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