First Encounter
A guided walk through the core ideas. No prerequisites needed.
7 short pages — ~90 seconds each. Use the progress bar to jump to any step.
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Start with Presence
Everything in the universe has presence — compatible structural elements available within a system's relevancy boundary. Think of that boundary as "the part of the world a system can feel from where it sits" — formally called the Markov Relevancy Horizon (MRH). At the simplest level, presence is density: how much stuff is packed into a given space. A single electron in a vacuum? Very low presence. The core of a neutron star? Incredibly high. But presence also encompasses temperature, energy levels, catalytic surfaces — anything that supports emergence. Synchronism starts here: presence is the universal input.