Protocol

Math of Value

VC = W × Vcom is a typed research relation for wellbeing and commons-realized value, not a universal measure of human worth.

Canonical grammar

A single tilde marks a protocol, double tilde marks a node, triple tilde marks a facet, and four tildes mark a signal.

  1. ~ProtocolProtocol
  2. ~~NodeNode
  3. ~~~FacetFacet
  4. ~~~~SignalSignal

The relation

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Active term

VCValue created

A typed value output for a bounded observation. Its meaning depends on whether the context is wellbeing evidence or commons-realized Performance.

~ routing rule

Two kinds of time slices

Non-Performance creates wellbeing value. Performance may create commons-realized value.

Non-Performance time slice

Wellbecoming tags
Physiology, Emotion, Feeling, Thought, Habit
~SAOcommons
Not automatically activated
Typed relation
VC_wb = W × Vcom_wb
Currency value
No automatic currency claim
Output
W and identity state may update

Performance time slice

Wellbecoming tag
Performance
~SAOcommons
Conditionally active
~SAOcommons nodes
~~Learning, ~~Earning, ~~OrgBuilding
Vcom
Commons-governed source rate may apply
Currency value
May be calculated
Typed relation
VC_perf = W × Vcom_perf
Time boundary
~~~StartTime to ~~~EndTime

~ example

One validated Performance hour

Wnorm= 0.8

Vcomrate= ₹1,000/hour

Δt= 1 hour

VCslice= 0.8 × ₹1,000 × 1 = ₹800

This currency calculation applies only to a commons-validated Performance slice. Non-Performance slices may still create wellbeing value through VC_wb, but they do not automatically create a currency claim.

If a Commons validates that Performance contribution at ₹1,000/hour and the observed wellbeing state is normalized to 0.8, then one hour is modeled as ₹800 of value created.

The person is not worth ₹800. The bounded contribution is valued at ₹800 under that Commons rate and that observed wellbeing state.

Baseline architecture

Stock establishes context. Flow updates state.

BWS₀f(Identity stock, Snapshot₀)

Baseline W does not come only from the six Wellbecoming nodes. Baseline W comes from the whole ~WellbeingIdentity stock plus the initial ~WellbecomingProtocol snapshot.

BWS₀ = f(WellbeingIdentity_stock, WellbecomingSnapshot₀)

After baseline: Wₜ = Wₜ₋₁ + ΔW_slice

~WellbeingIdentity is the slow-changing stock of the person. ~WellbecomingProtocol is the fast-changing flow layer. ΔW_slice is produced through the relevant Wellbecoming node.

Time boundary

Time belongs to the captured slice.

~~~StartTime~~~EndTime

VC = W × Vcom remains the conceptual public equation. ~ValueCaptureProtocol/~~TimeSlice supplies the application boundary through StartTime and EndTime. Multiple slices may later be aggregated or integrated across time.

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