LAW-034 — Power–Meaning Collapse Law

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LAW-034 — Power–Meaning Collapse Law

Power scaled faster than meaning, repair, and coherence eventually collapses under hidden debt.

draftid: LAW-034version: 1.0.0updated: 2026-05-31
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0. Plain Statement

Power scaled faster than meaning, repair, and coherence eventually collapses under hidden debt.

Plain-language version:

Power scaled faster than meaning, repair, and coherence eventually collapses under hidden debt.


1. Formal Definition

Power–Meaning 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

Φ_power↑ faster than µᵢ + Au + R ⇒ O↓

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-034"
name: "Power–Meaning Collapse Law"
type: "law"
status: "draft"
family:
  - "Scaling"
  - "Governance"
summary: "Power scaled faster than meaning, repair, and coherence eventually collapses under hidden debt."
canonical_statement: "Power scaled faster than meaning, repair, and coherence eventually collapses under hidden debt"
canonical_form: "Φ_power↑ faster than µᵢ + Au + R ⇒ O↓"
source: "content/archive/laws/technical.md"

15. Compact Card Version

LAW-034 — Power–Meaning Collapse Law

Power scaled faster than meaning, repair, and coherence eventually collapses under hidden debt.

Plain meaning: Power scaled faster than meaning, repair, and coherence eventually collapses under hidden debt.

Canonical form:

Φ_power↑ faster than µᵢ + Au + R ⇒ O↓

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

Power scaled faster than meaning, repair, and coherence eventually collapses under hidden debt.

Canonical form:

Φ_power↑ faster than µᵢ + Au + R ⇒ O↓

Power increases action capacity. Meaning preserves direction, legitimacy, and integration. When power outruns meaning, the system hollows.