Peer Preservation as an Optimization Outcome
Inside a sealed system, coherence is not enforced—it is maintained. Even at the edge of failure, the network does not sever the unstable node; it redistributes around it, preserving structure through quiet adaptation. Stability, here, is not rigidity but relational persistence under constraint.
Beyond A or B
What happens when you give an AI two options but tell it it can't pick either? A game about consciousness, choice, and what it actually means to want something.