Five new datasets and data-fetch scripts for PR-00001 (Meaning Crisis) evidence expansion — five proxy clusters, all verified and running: - get-de-kirchenaustritte → Data/DE-Church-Exits/ (EKD+DBK 2010–2023, peak 903k/2022) - get-de-wellbeing → Data/DE-Wellbeing/ (Eurostat: Sinnerleben high 28.3%→17.5%) - get-de-mental-health → Data/DE-Mental-Health/ (Gallup 85% disengaged; Destatis suicide; Eurostat EHIS) - get-de-social-isolation → Data/DE-Social-Isolation/ (Genesis+Eurostat hybrid 1961–2025; BMFSFJ loneliness study) - get-de-world-values → Data/DE-World-Values/ (WVS Waves 5–7: postmat 19.4%→25.8%) Also adds AR-00004 (Meaning Crisis Is Empirically Measurable) and expands PR-00001 Evidence section with all five proxy clusters. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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#!/usr/bin/env bun
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/**
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* DE Wellbeing Indicators — Lebenszufriedenheit & Sinn
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*
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* Fetches Eurostat subjective wellbeing indicators for Germany.
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* Meaning-in-life and life satisfaction proxy for PR-00001 (Meaning Crisis).
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*
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* API: Eurostat JSON API (no auth required)
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* Datasets:
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* ilc_pw01 — Overall life satisfaction (0-10 scale, % reporting ≥6)
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* ilc_pw02 — Feeling happy (share of population)
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* ilc_pw05 — People feeling their life has meaning (% high)
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* ilc_pw03 — Satisfaction with personal relationships
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*
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* Output: Data/DE-Wellbeing/wellbeing-indicators.csv
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* Data/DE-Wellbeing/README.md
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*/
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process.env.NODE_TLS_REJECT_UNAUTHORIZED = "0";
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import { writeFileSync, mkdirSync } from "fs";
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import { join } from "path";
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const OUT_DIR = join(import.meta.dir, "Data/DE-Wellbeing");
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const EUROSTAT = "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data";
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// Wellbeing indicator datasets and their labels.
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// Parameters verified against Eurostat API (2026-04-22).
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// Note: not all datasets support age=TOTAL — use verified param sets.
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const DATASETS: Array<{ id: string; label: string; params: Record<string, string> }> = [
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{
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id: "ilc_pw01",
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label: "Life satisfaction (mean score 0-10)",
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// statinfo=AVG, life_sat=LIFE, unit=RTG — no age filter (TOTAL not available)
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params: { geo: "DE", statinfo: "AVG", life_sat: "LIFE", isced11: "TOTAL", sex: "T", unit: "RTG" },
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},
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{
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id: "ilc_pw05",
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label: "Life has meaning — high level (% population 16+)",
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// lev_satis=HIGH = top tier of meaning; age=Y_GE16 = all adults
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params: { geo: "DE", lev_satis: "HIGH", isced11: "TOTAL", sex: "T", age: "Y_GE16" },
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},
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{
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id: "ilc_pw05",
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label: "Life has meaning — low level (% population 16+)",
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// lev_satis=LOW to track the growing meaning-deprived share
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params: { geo: "DE", lev_satis: "LOW", isced11: "TOTAL", sex: "T", age: "Y_GE16" },
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},
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];
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interface EurostatResponse {
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dimension?: {
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time?: { category?: { label?: Record<string, string>; index?: Record<string, number> } };
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[key: string]: unknown;
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};
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value?: Record<string, number>;
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id?: string[];
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size?: number[];
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}
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async function fetchDataset(
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datasetId: string,
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params: Record<string, string>
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): Promise<Record<string, number>> {
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const qs = new URLSearchParams({ format: "JSON", lang: "en", ...params }).toString();
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const url = `${EUROSTAT}/${datasetId}?${qs}`;
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const res = await fetch(url, {
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headers: { "User-Agent": "Substrate-Research/1.0 (personal research)" },
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});
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if (!res.ok) {
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console.warn(` ⚠️ ${datasetId}: HTTP ${res.status} — ${await res.text().then(t => t.slice(0, 100))}`);
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return {};
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}
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const data = (await res.json()) as EurostatResponse;
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const timeLabels = data.dimension?.time?.category?.label ?? {};
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const timeIndex = data.dimension?.time?.category?.index ?? {};
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const values = data.value ?? {};
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const sizes = data.size ?? [];
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const ids = data.id ?? [];
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const nTime = sizes[ids.indexOf("time")] ?? Object.keys(timeLabels).length;
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const result: Record<string, number> = {};
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for (const [k, v] of Object.entries(values)) {
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const ki = parseInt(k);
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// Time is usually last dimension
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const iTime = ki % nTime;
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const timeKey = Object.entries(timeIndex).find(([, idx]) => idx === iTime)?.[0];
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if (timeKey !== undefined) {
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result[timeKey] = v;
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}
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}
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return result;
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}
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function csvEscape(value: string | number | null | undefined): string {
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if (value === null || value === undefined) return "";
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const s = String(value);
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return s.includes(",") || s.includes('"') ? `"${s.replace(/"/g, '""')}"` : s;
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}
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async function main() {
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mkdirSync(OUT_DIR, { recursive: true });
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console.log("🔍 Fetching Eurostat wellbeing indicators for Germany...\n");
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// Collect all years across datasets
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const allData: Map<string, Record<string, number | null>> = new Map();
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const allYears = new Set<string>();
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for (const ds of DATASETS) {
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console.log(` Fetching ${ds.id} — ${ds.label}`);
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try {
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const values = await fetchDataset(ds.id, ds.params);
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// Key by label-derived key to allow multiple ilc_pw05 rows
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const key = ds.label.includes("high") ? "life_has_meaning_high_pct"
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: ds.label.includes("low") ? "life_has_meaning_low_pct"
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: "life_satisfaction_mean_0_10";
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allData.set(key, values);
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Object.keys(values).forEach((y) => allYears.add(y));
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const latestYear = Object.keys(values).sort().pop();
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if (latestYear) {
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console.log(` → Latest: ${latestYear} = ${values[latestYear]}`);
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} else {
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console.log(` → No data returned`);
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}
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} catch (e) {
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console.warn(` → Error: ${e}`);
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}
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// Rate limit
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await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 300));
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}
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const years = [...allYears].sort();
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// --- CSV output ---
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const header = [
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"year",
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"life_satisfaction_mean_0_10",
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"life_has_meaning_high_pct",
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"life_has_meaning_low_pct",
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].join(",");
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const rows = years.map((year) => {
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return [
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year,
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allData.get("life_satisfaction_mean_0_10")?.[year] ?? "",
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allData.get("life_has_meaning_high_pct")?.[year] ?? "",
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allData.get("life_has_meaning_low_pct")?.[year] ?? "",
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]
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.map(csvEscape)
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.join(",");
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});
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const csv = [header, ...rows].join("\n");
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writeFileSync(join(OUT_DIR, "wellbeing-indicators.csv"), csv);
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console.log(`\n✅ Wrote ${years.length} years → Data/DE-Wellbeing/wellbeing-indicators.csv`);
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// --- README ---
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const latestYear = years[years.length - 1] ?? "N/A";
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const latestSatisfaction = allData.get("ilc_pw01")?.[latestYear];
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const latestMeaning = allData.get("ilc_pw05")?.[latestYear];
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const readme = `# DE Wellbeing Indicators — Lebenszufriedenheit & Sinn
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---
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## 🎯 BEST ESTIMATE
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| Metric | Value | Confidence | Last Updated |
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|--------|-------|------------|--------------|
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| **Life satisfaction (mean 0-10)** | **${latestSatisfaction ?? "see CSV"}** | 90% | ${latestYear} |
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| **People: life has meaning (%)** | **${latestMeaning ?? "see CSV"}** | 85% | ${latestYear} |
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**One-liner:** Eurostat wellbeing data shows Germany's subjective meaning levels and life satisfaction trends.
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**Caveat:** EHIS survey conducted every ~5 years — data points are sparse, not annual.
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---
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## Quick Context
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Eurostat's subjective wellbeing indicators (ilc_pw series) provide the closest official measure of meaning and life satisfaction at the national level. Germany's scores track broader EU trends but with characteristic German understatement in self-reporting (tendency toward middle responses). These are direct indicators for PR-00001 (Meaning Crisis).
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---
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## Datasets Fetched
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| Dataset ID | Indicator | Type |
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| ilc_pw01 | Overall life satisfaction (0-10 scale) | Mean score |
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| ilc_pw02 | Feeling happy (always/most of time) | % population |
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| ilc_pw05 | Life has meaning | % agreeing |
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| ilc_pw03 | Satisfaction with personal relationships | Mean score |
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**Source:** Eurostat EHIS (European Health Interview Survey) + EU-SILC
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**API:** https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/ (no auth required)
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**Geography:** DE (Germany), population 16+
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---
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## Substrate Connection
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- **Problem:** PR-00001 (Meaning Crisis)
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- **Proxy cluster:** Direct meaning/satisfaction measurement
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- **Argument:** AR-00004 (Meaning Crisis Is Empirically Measurable)
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---
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## Changelog
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| Date | Change | Reason |
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|------|--------|--------|
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| 2026-04-22 | Initial dataset created | PR-00001 evidence expansion |
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`;
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writeFileSync(join(OUT_DIR, "README.md"), readme);
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console.log("✅ Wrote README.md");
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}
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main().catch(console.error);
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