From 00da38e84446892989649bc7754a407688adae30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:23:14 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Update short orientation for the router role --- START-HERE.md | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/START-HERE.md b/START-HERE.md index 8ff8c52..3c1f2c4 100644 --- a/START-HERE.md +++ b/START-HERE.md @@ -12,17 +12,17 @@ For a comprehensive working briefing, continue to [PROJECT-CONTEXT.md](PROJECT-C ## In one sentence -Root Sequence is the public conceptual commons for investigating how systems become what they are—and what else they could become. +Root Sequence is the public conceptual commons and transdisciplinary research-and-design router for investigating how systems become what they are—and what else they could become. ## If you remember only three things 1. This repository is one project, not the entire Root Sequence organization. -2. It holds broad patterns, research, concepts, and questions; narrower projects own their own implementation, practice, or canon. +2. It decomposes cross-field questions, routes their mechanisms to relevant fields and methods, then reconnects the findings without flattening their differences; narrower projects still own their implementation, practice, or canon. 3. A connection is an invitation to investigate, not proof that every project follows one master theory. ## Current reality -This is an active, public, evolving body of writing, research, maps, and small tools. Some material is mature; some is exploratory, historical, or explicitly speculative. The Public Seed website source exists, and the Idea Trail system helps trace recurring questions. The repository also temporarily hosts an explicitly non-canonical incubation seed for the proposed standalone Commons of Inquiry & Creation project. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, product, institution, or universal explanation. +This is an active, public, evolving body of writing, research, maps, and small tools. Some material is mature; some is exploratory, historical, or explicitly speculative. The canonical research method now formalizes a route–synthesize–test–build workflow for cross-field questions. The revised Public Seed website source reflects that role but remains an unapproved review candidate; the last approved edition is still the September 18 public seed, and release remains blocked. The repository also temporarily hosts an explicitly non-canonical incubation seed for the proposed standalone Commons of Inquiry & Creation project. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, product, institution, or universal explanation. ## The smallest useful map @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Root Sequence asks broad questions. Other repositories transform selected questi ## What to do next - **Just exploring:** read [Why “Root Sequence”?](concepts/root-sequence.md). +- **Investigating a cross-field question:** use the [Root Sequence Research Method](research/method.md). - **Trying to place an idea:** use [Thought Routing](THOUGHT_ROUTING.md). - **Trying to understand the project family:** open the [Ecosystem Map](ECOSYSTEM.md). - **Following one question across projects:** use [Idea Trails](IDEA_TRAILS.md). From 2abd080f4fe8fb88335f938961406c41e1f2871e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:23:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Route the canonical research method and site status --- PROJECT-CONTEXT.md | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md b/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md index 4b0d9ce..ca1c863 100644 --- a/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md +++ b/PROJECT-CONTEXT.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ status: active-living ## Purpose and scope -Root Sequence is the organization’s public conceptual commons: the broadest home for systems inquiry, shared concepts, research synthesis, analysis, and possible futures. It asks how conditions, relationships, feedback, power, and time produce systems—and what alternatives they permit. +Root Sequence is the organization’s public conceptual commons and transdisciplinary research-and-design router: the broadest home for systems inquiry, shared concepts, research synthesis, analysis, and possible futures. It decomposes cross-field questions, routes their mechanisms to relevant disciplines and methods, reconnects findings without treating different mechanisms as identical, and translates useful results into research, tests, simulations, tools, designs, or possible futures. It is not the whole organization and does not absorb project-specific implementation, gathering practice, intelligence ethics, private worldbuilding, narrative canon, or autonomous Museum governance. @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ It is not the whole organization and does not absorb project-specific implementa | Question | Canonical source | | --- | --- | | What is this repository? | [`README.md`](README.md) | +| How does Root Sequence research across fields? | [`research/method.md`](research/method.md) and [`research/method-router.md`](research/method-router.md) | | How does the organization connect? | [`ECOSYSTEM.md`](ECOSYSTEM.md) | | How is this repository organized? | [`root_map.md`](root_map.md) | | Where should a new thought go? | [`THOUGHT_ROUTING.md`](THOUGHT_ROUTING.md) | @@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ It is not the whole organization and does not absorb project-specific implementa ## Current reality -The repository contains active and historical writing, sourced research scaffolds, concepts, systems principles, analysis, futures, public artifacts, the Public Seed site source, and small navigation tools. It also temporarily hosts the public bootstrap seed for Commons of Inquiry & Creation under `incubator/`; that seed is explicitly non-canonical here, proposes a future standalone repository, and does not establish an operating institution. Maturity and evidence vary by document. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, validated universal model, deployed social system, or single doctrine. +The repository contains active and historical writing, sourced research scaffolds, concepts, systems principles, analysis, futures, public artifacts, the Public Seed site source, and small navigation tools. The canonical research method now formalizes the project’s route–synthesize–test–build workflow. The current `site/index.html` is a September 25 router-role review candidate, not an approved release: the September 18 approval record intentionally does not match it, and the release gate remains blocked pending explicit approval and full validation. The repository also temporarily hosts the public bootstrap seed for Commons of Inquiry & Creation under `incubator/`; that seed is explicitly non-canonical here, proposes a future standalone repository, and does not establish an operating institution. Maturity and evidence vary by document. Root Sequence is not a finished theory, validated universal model, deployed social system, or single doctrine. ## Repository structure @@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ These are typed transformations, not a command hierarchy. ## Working rules +- Route mechanisms to the fields and methods that study them, then reconnect findings without erasing domain differences. - Preserve one canonical home and link rather than copying undifferentiated material. - Distinguish evidence, interpretation, hypothesis, normative position, and fiction. - Treat disagreement and failed connections as information. From 82c65cd06aa75e0ecb4ed2784949376a101f0156 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rae Lovejoy Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:23:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Correct the website candidate status --- site/README.md | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/site/README.md b/site/README.md index 4c7741b..34c1125 100644 --- a/site/README.md +++ b/site/README.md @@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ images, analytics, translation, or previews. ## Files -- `index.html`: exact approved preview and canonical editorial source. -- `approval.json`: approval tied to the exact current source digest. +- `index.html`: current unapproved review candidate and canonical editorial source. +- `approval.json`: approval record for the last approved edition; it intentionally does not match the current candidate. - `build.py`: offline publisher. Preview output preserves `index.html` exactly; release output changes only preview/publication-state labels. -- `test_site.py`: checks the approved-file hash, release gate, links, fragments, - embedded assets, Content Security Policy hashes, English-only setup, and - required controls and copy. +- `test_site.py`: checks that the candidate differs from the last approved preview, preserves the release gate, and validates links, fragments, embedded assets, Content Security Policy hashes, English-only setup, and required controls and copy. - `DEPLOYMENT.md`: GitHub Pages and Fastmail DNS migration runbook. - `legacy-public-seed-v0.1/`: clearly labelled source from the superseded 11-page candidate.