Frameworks in Action – Archive

This archive preserves selected short-form explanations originally published in r/FrameworksInAction during the development of the Reality Drift framework. These posts explored early versions of ideas that were later refined into canonical concepts, papers, and visual models.

They are preserved for historical context and intellectual provenance rather than as the primary definitions of the framework. For current terminology and formal definitions, see the Core Concepts and Overview pages.

Core Mechanisms

• The Reality Drift Engine
• Why Systems Drift From Reality as They Scale
• When Systems Stop Learning From Reality
  

Optimization and Proxies

• The Optimization Trap
• The Semantic Fidelity Gap
• When Food Is Optimized Past the Point of Taste
  

Cognition and Culture

• The Cognitive Drift Cycle
• Filter Fatigue
• Why Does Nothing Feel Real Even Though Everything Works?
  

AI and Institutions

• Why AI Sounds Right but Feels Wrong
• How Organizations Drift Away From Their Purpose
• Provenance Drift: How Uncertainty Becomes Authority