Place in the framework
The Four Questions on Civilization Leap supply the highest-level cognitive outline. The theoretical source edition then fully develops causal logic, principles and an action program. Public, engineering-governance and specialist research editions take the Four Questions and theoretical source edition as their higher-level baseline.
Shared direction and relationships among the works
Civilization Leap changes the default starting logic from which humans and AGI generate goals and purposes: from “self-interest first” to “self-interest with others first.” It does not remove self-interest; it changes where self-interest begins.
Continued existence is the baseline. The three long-term goals are secure basic living conditions for humanity as a whole, happiness in individual lives, and lives richer in meaning. Direction guides methods; methods produce outcomes; outcomes recalibrate methods and understanding of real causal relationships; new understanding enters the next round of action.
After the Four Questions, M1–M8 develop the complete causal argument. Topic research and individual projects continue within their own scope; they do not define Civilization Leap at the highest level.
Version and publication boundaries
- Current manuscript version
- V1.2
- This page’s role
- Register manuscript identity, position, version and further-reading relationships
- Full text and downloads
- The source manuscript is verified; available full-text PDFs are linked in the versions section.
- Identifier and hierarchy
- The identifier follows the existing work family; theoretical level is specified by this page’s role and higher-level relationships
Old versions are retained. The Canonical description page is the stable citation entry; future manuscript updates will be reflected in its version and publication state here.
The Four Questions and three companion works
- Four Questions on Civilization Leap | Highest-Level Cognitive Outline V1.0 : Highest-level cognitive outline
- Civilization Leap: Theory, Principles and an Action Program | Public Edition V1.1 : Public translation beginning with people’s circumstances
- Civilization Leap: Engineering Development and Governance Principles | Engineering-Governance Edition V1.1 : Governance principles developed from “How can civilization leap?”
Related reading in the source manuscript
- The Path of Civilization Leap : Complete causal path
- Civilization Leap: The Path of Civilization in the AGI Era (All Five Volumes) : Intellectual foundations and civilizational boundaries
- Living Civilization: Complete Public Collected Trilogy : Future operation, life and formation
- framework overview : Relationship between individual works and the whole framework