# Substrate Knowledge Graph

**Last Updated:** 2026-04-18
**Purpose:** Complete relationship map of all Substrate components — for AI analysis, human navigation, and cross-reference verification.

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## Component Inventory

| Category | Count | IDs |
|----------|-------|-----|
| Problems | 7 | PR-00001–PR-00007 |
| Models | 5 | MO-00001–MO-00005 |
| Values | 6 | VA-00001–VA-00006 |
| Arguments | 4 | AR-12934, AR-00001–AR-00003 |
| Organizations | 5 | OR-00001–OR-00005 |
| Plans | 2 | us-plan1-miessler, de-plan1-sven |
| Data | 8 | DE-Common-Metrics, US-Common-Metrics, DE-Democracy-Metrics, US-GDP, US-Inflation, US-Presidential-Approval, Bay-Area-COVID-Wastewater, Knowledge-Worker-Global-Salaries |
| Data Sources | 11 | DS-00001–DS-00010 (US/Global), DS-00011 (DE Lobbyregister) |

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## Problems → Connected Components

### PR-00001 — Meaning Crisis
- **Models explaining:** MO-00001 (Han), MO-00004 (Vervaeke)
- **Values responding:** VA-00006 (Deep Reflection As Practice)
- **Arguments:** —
- **Organizations:** —
- **Plans:** de-plan1-sven (CHALLENGE 4 — exhaustion/withdrawal)
- **Related Problems:** PR-00003 (Exhaustion), PR-00004 (Fascization — meaning loss as precondition)

### PR-00002 — Illegitimate Domination
- **Models explaining:** MO-00005 (Graeber/Anarchism)
- **Values responding:** VA-00002 (Authority Requires Justification), VA-00004 (Mutual Aid Over Market)
- **Arguments:** —
- **Organizations:** OR-00004 (Mehr Demokratie), OR-00005 (netzpolitik)
- **Plans:** de-plan1-sven (CHALLENGE 1, 2)
- **Data Sources:** DS-00011 (DE Lobbyregister — makes visible who translates money into political power)
- **Related Problems:** PR-00004 (Fascization — crisis mode), PR-00005 (Epistemic Power)

### PR-00003 — Performance Society Exhaustion
- **Models explaining:** MO-00001 (Han), MO-00002 (Fisher)
- **Values responding:** VA-00003 (Exhaustion Is Structural), VA-00004 (Mutual Aid Over Market)
- **Arguments:** —
- **Organizations:** —
- **Plans:** de-plan1-sven (CHALLENGE 4)
- **Related Problems:** PR-00001 (Meaning Crisis), PR-00004 (Fascization — exhaustion as entry condition)

### PR-00004 — Fascization
- **Models explaining:** MO-00002 (Fisher/Capitalist Realism), MO-00005 (Graeber)
- **Values responding:** VA-00002 (Authority Requires Justification), VA-00004 (Mutual Aid)
- **Arguments:** AR-00001 (Platform Feudalism → Democracy — structural precondition)
- **Organizations:** OR-00004 (Mehr Demokratie), OR-00003 (Reporter ohne Grenzen)
- **Plans:** de-plan1-sven (CHALLENGE 2 — authoritarian normalization)
- **Data:** DE-Democracy-Metrics (AfD vote share, "Wütende" segment)
- **Related Problems:** PR-00001, PR-00002, PR-00003, PR-00005

### PR-00005 — Epistemic Power Concentration
- **Models explaining:** MO-00003 (Foucault)
- **Values responding:** VA-00001 (Epistemic Sovereignty)
- **Arguments:** AR-00003 (Algorithmic Rationality Erodes Autonomy)
- **Organizations:** OR-00002 (Wikimedia), OR-00003 (Reporter ohne Grenzen), OR-00005 (netzpolitik)
- **Plans:** de-plan1-sven (CHALLENGE 1, STRATEGY 2)
- **Data:** DE-Democracy-Metrics (Press Freedom Index, EIU Democracy Index)
- **Related Problems:** PR-00006, PR-00007, PR-00004

### PR-00006 — Platform Feudalism
- **Models explaining:** MO-00003 (Foucault — epistemic control)
- **Values responding:** VA-00005 (Digital Autonomy Is Political)
- **Arguments:** AR-00001 (Platform Feudalism Threatens Democracy)
- **Organizations:** OR-00001 (IndieWeb), OR-00005 (netzpolitik)
- **Plans:** de-plan1-sven (CHALLENGE 3, STRATEGY 1)
- **Related Problems:** PR-00005, PR-00007

### PR-00007 — Knowledge Isolation
- **Models explaining:** MO-00004 (Vervaeke — participatory knowing)
- **Values responding:** VA-00006 (Deep Reflection As Practice), VA-00001 (Epistemic Sovereignty)
- **Arguments:** AR-00002 (PKM As Epistemic Sovereignty Strategy)
- **Organizations:** OR-00002 (Wikimedia), OR-00001 (IndieWeb)
- **Plans:** de-plan1-sven (CHALLENGE 5)
- **Related Problems:** PR-00005, PR-00006

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## Models → Problems Addressed

| Model | Problems | Core Mechanism |
|-------|----------|----------------|
| MO-00001 Han (Performance Society) | PR-00001, PR-00003 | External discipline → internal drive → burnout |
| MO-00002 Fisher (Capitalist Realism) | PR-00001, PR-00003, PR-00004 | Inability to imagine alternatives enables authoritarian capture |
| MO-00003 Foucault (Power-Knowledge) | PR-00002, PR-00005, PR-00006 | Truth regimes as power relations; algorithmic epistemics |
| MO-00004 Vervaeke (Meaning Crisis) | PR-00001, PR-00007 | Collapse of participatory/perspectival knowing |
| MO-00005 Graeber (Anarchism) | PR-00002, PR-00004, PR-00006 | Domination must justify itself; prefigurative alternatives |

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## Values → Problems Addressed

| Value | Problems | Core Claim |
|-------|----------|------------|
| VA-00001 Epistemic Sovereignty | PR-00005, PR-00007 | Right to own knowledge infrastructure |
| VA-00002 Authority Requires Justification | PR-00002, PR-00004 | Domination is begründungspflichtig |
| VA-00003 Exhaustion Is Structural | PR-00003, PR-00001 | Burnout is system output, not personal failure |
| VA-00004 Mutual Aid Over Market | PR-00001, PR-00002, PR-00003 | Cooperation as foundation, not competition |
| VA-00005 Digital Autonomy Is Political | PR-00006, PR-00005 | Own infrastructure = political act |
| VA-00006 Deep Reflection As Practice | PR-00007, PR-00001 | Participatory knowing requires deliberate practice |

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## Arguments → Claims and Evidence

| Argument | Claim | Style | Key Premises |
|----------|-------|-------|--------------|
| AR-12934 | AIs are capable of understanding | Deductive | Functional vs. Experiential understanding |
| AR-00001 | Platform feudalism structurally threatens democracy | Deductive | Public sphere requires democratic structure; platforms are not neutral |
| AR-00002 | PKM is the best available epistemic sovereignty strategy | Abductive | Addresses root (no owned infrastructure), not symptoms |
| AR-00003 | Algorithmic rationality erodes autonomy invisibly | Causal | Foucault + Zuboff + Han: invisible epistemic shaping |

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## Organizations → Problems and Strategies

| Organization | Primary Problem | Key Strategy | Plan Connection |
|-------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
| OR-00001 IndieWeb | PR-00006 (Platform Feudalism) | Own your domain, open standards | de-plan STRATEGY 1 |
| OR-00002 Wikimedia | PR-00007 (Knowledge Isolation) | Free, open, collaborative knowledge | de-plan STRATEGY 2, 5 |
| OR-00003 Reporter ohne Grenzen | PR-00005 (Epistemic Power) | Press freedom as democracy indicator | de-plan CHALLENGE 6, STRATEGY 5 |
| OR-00004 Mehr Demokratie | PR-00002 (Domination) | Direct democratic instruments | de-plan MISSION, STRATEGY 4 |
| OR-00005 netzpolitik.org | PR-00005, PR-00006 | Digital rights journalism + advocacy | de-plan STRATEGY 1, 5 |

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## Plans → Evidence and Components

### de-plan1-sven.md
- **Challenges map to:** PR-00001, PR-00002, PR-00003, PR-00004, PR-00005, PR-00006, PR-00007
- **Strategies use:** OR-00001, OR-00002, OR-00003, OR-00004, OR-00005
- **Grounded in Models:** MO-00001, MO-00002, MO-00003, MO-00005
- **Values:** VA-00001, VA-00002, VA-00005
- **Data:** DE-Common-Metrics, DE-Democracy-Metrics

### us-plan1-miessler.md
- **Author:** Daniel Miessler
- **Scope:** United States of America
- **Challenges:** Lack of shared identity, social cohesion, short political cycles
- **Data:** US-Common-Metrics, US-GDP, US-Inflation, US-Presidential-Approval

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## Causal Chain (primary)

```
PR-00003 Exhaustion
  → PR-00001 Meaning Crisis
    → PR-00004 Fascization ← PR-00002 Domination (crisis mode)
      ↑
PR-00005 Epistemic Power
  → PR-00006 Platform Feudalism
    → PR-00007 Knowledge Isolation
```

**Key insight:** The causal chains converge on PR-00004 (Fascization) as the acute crisis — fed from above by meaning collapse and exhaustion, and from below by epistemic fragmentation. Structural responses must address both chains.

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## Coverage Gaps (remaining empty directories)

| Directory | Status | Potential content |
|-----------|--------|-------------------|
| Solutions/ | Empty | Concrete solutions to PR-00001–PR-00007 |
| Ideas/ | Empty | Exploratory concepts, not yet solutions |
| People/ | Empty | Individuals working on these problems |
| Outcomes/ | Empty | Documented results from projects/experiments |
| Experiments/ | Empty | Active hypothesis tests |
| Projects/ | Empty | Ongoing initiatives |
| Claims/ | Empty | Specific factual claims (more granular than Problems) |
| Results/ | Empty | Data from completed experiments |
| Risks/ | Empty | Risks from plans or solutions |
| Threats/ | Empty | External challenges to plans |
| Frames/ | Empty | Mental models / worldviews |
| Funding-Sources/ | Empty | Funding for projects |