The history, context, and terminology of the High Desert Institute.
Guidelines for writing and maintaining the lore of the High Desert Institute, ensuring consistency in tone, structure, and terminology.
The current era of digital enclosure where identity, attention, and compute are the new land, and firms control the means of participation.
The era where firms ruled by standards, supply chains, and finance, enforcing market access and privatization through systemic coercion.
The distinction between the smooth, corporate-controlled Net (Laminae) and the fractured, community-driven Nets (Liminae) that emerged during the Exodus.
The four eras of corporate warfare, from Charter-Colonialism to Technofeudalism, defining conflicts where firms act as primary strategic actors to secure market control, resources, and enclosed ecosystems.
The era where firms captured states to serve as proxies for resource extraction, using coups and private security to maintain control.
The era where corporations acted as quasi-states by charter, controlling sea lanes and resources through company navies and monopoly rights.