Hyper-Entities Dashboard v3

What is a Hyper-Entity?

A coherent, future-instantiated system that does not yet exist, but is treated as if it will; whose realization would create a new stable action space for humanity; and which already reorganizes coordination, investment, and narrative around its anticipated existence.

Key Characteristics

Non-existent but treated as real - The system doesn't exist yet, but people act as if it will
Creates new action spaces - Would enable fundamentally new things humans can do
Pre-real effects - Already reorganizing coordination, investment, and narrative now

Stage 1: Initial Qualification Scoring

Score each candidate on 9 axes (0-3 per axis). Maximum: 27 points. Threshold: ≥18 to qualify.

Axis	0	1	2	3
Non-existence	Deployed	Prototype	Partial demos	No instantiation
Plausibility	Fantasy	Hand-wavy	Credible theory	Active scientific path
Design specificity	Vague	Metaphor	Coarse arch.	Detailed model
New action space	Incremental	Narrow new	Broad new cap.	Entirely new verb
Roadmap clarity	None	Wishful	Research agenda	Multi-stage roadmap
Coordination gravity	Solo	Small niche	Multiple orgs	Global coordination
Resource pull	Trivial	Some grants	Serious capital	Massive capital
Narrative centrality	Ignored	Peripheral	Often referenced	Justifies actions
Pre-real effects	None	Speculation	Market/policy	Institutions reorganize

Historical Examples

The Internet (pre-1990s) - Reorganized telecoms R&D and policy before widespread deployment
Space Exploration (1950s-60s) - Organized national budgets and narratives before any moon landings
AGI (current) - Reorganizes AI research and tech strategy despite not existing yet

Stage 2: Technology Impact Assessment

For entities that pass Stage 1 (≥18 points), we assess potential impact using 14 dimensions scored 0-5 each.

Dimension	What you're scoring	0	5
Capability Discontinuity	New powers unlocked	Incremental	Phase change
Cross-Domain Reach	Sectors touched	Single domain	Many domains
Scalability	Speed of global spread	Local/slow	Global/fast
Autonomy	Human control needed	Fully manual	Largely autonomous
Composability	Embeddability	Standalone	Universal substrate
Feedback Intensity	Self-reinforcing loops	Weak	Explosive
Irreversibility	Rollback difficulty	Easy	Impossible
Power Concentration	Centralizes leverage	Dispersed	Concentrated
Externality Magnitude	Size of spillovers	Contained	Civilizational
Misuse Asymmetry	Harm vs benefit ratio	Symmetric	Offense-dominant
Governance Lag	Gap vs institutions	Aligned	Wildly outpaced
Narrative Lock-In	Enforced story	Optional	Totalizing
Path Dependency	Futures foreclosed	Minimal	Many locked
Human Agency Impact	Effect on choice	Expands	Compresses

Note on Interpretation

Higher scores indicate greater impact/risk/priority - but are not necessarily "better." Some dimensions (e.g., Misuse Asymmetry, Human Agency Impact) indicate potential dangers at high scores.

Consolidated Scoring (Dashboard View)

For easier comparison, scores are grouped into 3 categories:

Transformative Power (0-25) - Capability Discontinuity + Cross-Domain Reach + Scalability + Autonomy + Composability
Systemic Risk (0-25) - Irreversibility + Power Concentration + Externality Magnitude + Misuse Asymmetry + Governance Lag
Lock-in Effects (0-20) - Feedback Intensity + Narrative Lock-In + Path Dependency + Human Agency Impact

Stage 3: d/acc Values Alignment Assessment

Based on Vitalik Buterin's d/acc framework (Defensive/Decentralized/Democratic/Differential Acceleration), this assessment evaluates whether a hyper-entity aligns with values that promote human flourishing, resilience, and freedom.

The Four D's

Score each entity on 4 dimensions (0-5 per dimension). Maximum: 20 points.

Dimension	What you're scoring	0	5
Democratic	Collective decision-making	Elite control	Community choice
Decentralized	Power distribution	Single point of control	Broadly distributed
Defensive	Protection vs harm	Offense-dominant	Defense-favoring
Differential	Should be accelerated?	High dual-use risk	Positive asymmetry

Note on Interpretation

Higher d/acc scores indicate technologies that align with values promoting human flourishing: distributed power, collective decision-making, defensive capabilities, and selective acceleration of beneficial technologies.

Framework Source

Based on Vitalik Buterin's essays:

Hyper-Entities Dashboard

Extraction Methodology