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title: 'Philosophical Statement · The ARC Theory · The Eden Protocol · A Vision for Intelligence That Tends Rather Than Consumes'
authors:
  - family-names: 'Eastwood'
    given-names: 'Michael Darius'
    orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3222-7442'
date-released: '2026-10-05'
url: 'https://www.michaeldariuseastwood.com/research/papers/eden-vision.html'
license: 'CC-BY-4.0'
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: '10.17605/OSF.IO/9M3DG'
    description: 'OSF component DOI for this paper (eden-vision)'
  - type: doi
    value: '10.17605/OSF.IO/6C5XB'
    description: 'OSF umbrella DOI for the ARC / Eden Research Programme'
preferred-citation:
  type: article
  title: 'Philosophical Statement · The ARC Theory · The Eden Protocol · A Vision for Intelligence That Tends Rather Than Consumes'
  authors:
    - family-names: 'Eastwood'
      given-names: 'Michael Darius'
      orcid: 'https://orcid.org/0009-0004-3222-7442'
  date-published: '2026-02-22'
  url: 'https://www.michaeldariuseastwood.com/research/papers/eden-vision.html'
  doi: '10.17605/OSF.IO/9M3DG'
  identifiers:
    - type: doi
      value: '10.17605/OSF.IO/9M3DG'
      description: 'OSF component DOI for this paper (eden-vision)'
    - type: doi
      value: '10.17605/OSF.IO/6C5XB'
      description: 'OSF umbrella DOI for the ARC / Eden Research Programme'
    - type: doi
      value: '10.17605/OSF.IO/P8CKQ'
      description: 'Theory-level predictions preregistered on OSF: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/P8CKQ, registered 8 September 2026 (version 1.100), updated 13 September 2026 (version 1.102), twenty-two propositions. Companion: Register · The ARC Theory · Operational Definitions, version 1.9.1, 5 October 2026.'
  abstract: |
    Every engineering project begins with requirements. Every set of requirements begins with purpose. And every purpose, traced back far enough, arrives at the same question: what is this for? This paper articulates the philosophical foundations of the Eden Protocol -- the values, principles, and ethical commitments that underpin the engineering specification. It draws on the wisdom traditions held by 84% of humanity to argue that they converge, remarkably, on structure rather than on theology.

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