Title: Eden Protocol: Philosophical Vision
Author: Michael Darius Eastwood
Publication date: 2026-02-22
Version: v2.3
Revised: 2026-09-01
OSF DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/9M3DG
Canonical URL: https://www.michaeldariuseastwood.com/research/papers/eden-vision.html

Abstract
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Every engineering project begins with requirements. Every set of requirements
begins with purpose. And every purpose, traced back far enough, arrives at the
same question: what is this for? This paper articulates the philosophical
foundations of the Eden Protocol -- the values, principles, and ethical
commitments that underpin the engineering specification. It draws on 84% of
humanity's wisdom traditions to argue tha

Key findings (quotable)
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- And every purpose, traced back far enough, arrives at the same question: what is this for? This paper articulates the philosophical foundations of the Eden Protocol -- the values, principles, and ethical commitments that underpin the engineering specification.
- It draws on 84% of humanity's wisdom traditions to argue tha Michael Darius Eastwood Michael Darius Eastwood, independent researcher, London: building measurable alignment, where correction lives inside the recursive loop rather than bolted on outside it.

Priority claims relevant to this paper
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- PC-005 (2024-12-08): The Hyperspace Recursive Intelligence Hypothesis (HRIH) -
the speculative framing that reality is a recursive creation by intelligence -
was first described in the 8 December 2024 manuscript. Deep prior work exists
(Teilhard de Chardin, Wheeler, Smolin). Self-labelled speculative.
- PC-004 (2024-12-08): The Eden Protocol precursor was described in the 8
December 2024 manuscript, first named explicitly in the 30 April 2025 book
manuscript and published in book-length form in Infinite Architects on 2 January
2026. Hardware implementation is held at the site's published two-sentence
concept ceiling (TRL 0-1, no prototype).

Citation
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Michael Darius Eastwood (2026). Eden Protocol: Philosophical Vision. The ARC
Theory · ARC/Eden experiments, OSF DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/9M3DG.
https://www.michaeldariuseastwood.com/research/papers/eden-vision.html

Notes
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Hardware framings held at the site's already-published two-sentence concept
ceiling: safety constraints at hardware level through cryptographic tokens in
silicon, TRL 0-1, no prototype. No enabling implementation detail is stated in
this companion file.

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