0. Plain Statement

Compression collapses depth from the core outward.

Plain-language version:

Compression collapses depth from the core outward.

1. Formal Definition

Compression Depth Collapse Law is currently defined by the source registry excerpt below. This scaffold awaits editorial expansion into the full law spec sheet format.

2. Canonical Form

σ↓ → Γ coarsens → Au_eff↓ → O↓ → ι↑ → ε late

Related variables:

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3. Core Mechanism

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4. When This Law Applies

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5. When This Law Does Not Apply

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6. Diagnostic Signature

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7. Failure Pattern

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8. Restoration Implications

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9. Design Rule

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10. Cross-Scale Expressions

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11. Examples

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12. Relationship to Nearby Laws

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13. Operator Mapping

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14. Machine-Readable Summary

id: "LAW-025"
name: "Compression Depth Collapse Law"
type: "law"
status: "draft"
family:
  - "Compression"
summary: "Compression collapses depth from the core outward."
canonical_statement: "Compression collapses depth from the core outward"
canonical_form: "σ↓ → Γ coarsens → Au_eff↓ → O↓ → ι↑ → ε late"
source: "content/archive/laws/technical.md"

15. Compact Card Version

LAW-025 — Compression Depth Collapse Law

Compression collapses depth from the core outward.

Plain meaning: Compression collapses depth from the core outward.

Canonical form:

σ↓ → Γ coarsens → Au_eff↓ → O↓ → ι↑ → ε late

16. Source Status

This scaffold was generated from the current laws technical registry. Sections marked TBD should be expanded only from source material, related canon pages, or later editorial review.

17. Source Excerpt

Compression collapses depth from the core outward.

Canonical form:

σ↓ → Γ coarsens → Au_eff↓ → O↓ → ι↑ → ε late

Under sustained pressure, systems lose:

• sensemaking depth
• humility
• decision resolution
• auditability
• trajectory control
• meaning
• integration
• repair imagination

before losing surface function.

Plain forms:

• institutions hollow before they fall
• people lose perspective before action
• AI loses depth before syntax
• economies transact after circulation coherence declines
• biological systems execute after integration degrades