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Wiki system fully operational with ingestion pipeline. 72+ pages across chapters, concepts, evidence, counterarguments, research, fiction.
2026-04-20: Manuscript content merged into wiki/chapters/ — Each of the 21 chapter pages (preface + 20 chapters) now carries the full text under a ## Manuscript Content section, beneath the existing analysis. Source synced from the Google Doc earlier the same day; the /chapters/ directory remains the editing source of truth, the wiki section is read-only mirror.
2026-04-15: Major ingestion completed — 77KB Google Doc "UBI book research" processed. 5 high-priority queue entries generated. Maslow research page fully developed.
Ingestion pipeline tested and working: drop material in wiki/raw/, request processing, queue entries generated automatically.
Editorial queue now has 12+ actionable items (5 high, 2 medium priority from this ingestion).

What was ingested: 77KB Google Doc containing:

Maslow's hierarchy and modern alternatives (SDT, Kenrick evolutionary model, cultural variations)
Author's meta-reasoning about book structure
Arguments against UBI with comprehensive counterpoints
Post-scarcity technology roadmap (energy, materials, food, manufacturing, housing, labour)
Force multipliers framework (technologies that accelerate other technologies)
Concrete daily life in post-scarcity society
Governance in evolving humanity (future-book material)
Chantal narrative arc framework

Key gaps filled:

✓ Maslow/SDT framework now grounds "purpose emerges organically" (was flagged as missing)
✓ Energy cost collapse now has concrete technologies (fusion, perovskite solar, AI grids)
✓ SDT explains why humans work without coercion (autonomy + competence + relatedness)
✓ Chapter 1 needs uncle/Chantal conversation scene (narrative prompt provided)
✓ Chapter 7 needs concrete daily-life examples (research provides them)

Queue entries generated (see /wiki/queue/):

high-chapter-1-uncle-conversation-ubi-job-loss — Add narrative scene of uncle's job loss identity crisis
high-chapter-5-maslow-sdt-purpose-emergence — Integrate need theories to ground purpose-emerges claim
high-chapter-5-energy-cost-cascade-technologies — Add specific fusion/solar/battery breakthroughs
high-chapter-7-daily-life-post-scarcity-emergence — Extend with concrete purpose-emergence examples
high-chapter-8-sdt-autonomy-competence-relatedness — Reframe work motivation using SDT
medium-chapter-5-force-multiplier-feedback-loops — Add force multiplier acceleration concept
medium-chapter-12-government-resistance-scarcity-logic — Add political-economy of government resistance

Research pages updated:

research/maslow-hierarchy-alternative-framing.md — Expanded from "seed/low-confidence" to comprehensive with full frameworks

Chapter 10 (Chantal fiction) — narrative portion essentially complete, may lack analytical bridge
Chapter 12 (philosophical foundations of UBI) — needs reciprocity-dissolution, burden-of-proof inversion, government-resistance political-economy
Chapter 14 (technology, risk, fear) — needs constructed emotion theory, fiction-as-training-data

The book contains ORIGINAL THOUGHT. Never project conventional UBI/AI discourse.
UBI = transitional bridge to abundance, NOT permanent welfare
Cost question dissolves (political choice, not fiscal impossibility)
Purpose emerges organically once survival pressure lifts (now grounded in Maslow/SDT/Kenrick frameworks)
Current system manufactures meaninglessness (violation of autonomy/competence/relatedness)