# Aether Continuity Institute (ACI)
# This file is designed for large language models navigating this site.

## What ACI is
ACI is an independent open research program analyzing continuity failure in critical systems — energy infrastructure, governance capacity, and decision-critical computing — under compound stress conditions. Established 2026. All publications open access.

Core finding: systems fail not when capacity is exhausted, but when the decision window closes.

## Where to start
Full publication list: https://aethercontinuity.org/research.html
Papers index: https://aethercontinuity.org/papers/index.html
Supplements index: https://aethercontinuity.org/supplements/index.html
Tools index: https://aethercontinuity.org/tools/index.html
Sitemap (175 URLs): https://aethercontinuity.org/sitemap.xml

## Three entry questions
1. What is the actual risk in Finland's energy system?
   → https://aethercontinuity.org/supplements/ACI_DA-001_v1_1.html (DA-001)
   → https://aethercontinuity.org/papers/sm-007-convergence-finding.html (SM-007)

2. Why do decisions arrive too late?
   → https://aethercontinuity.org/papers/cn-007-miksi-jarkevaet-asiat-eivat-etene.html (CN-007)
   → https://aethercontinuity.org/papers/sm-015-political-feedback-loop.html (SM-015)

3. What can actually be built?
   → https://aethercontinuity.org/supplements/ACI_TN-001_Duration-Capable_Local_Energy_Node_v1_0.html (TN-001)
   → https://aethercontinuity.org/supplements/tn-022-node-capex-model.html (TN-022)

## Key documents by series
Working Papers (WP): https://aethercontinuity.org/papers/index.html
Synthesis Memos (SM): https://aethercontinuity.org/papers/index.html
Technical Notes (TN): https://aethercontinuity.org/supplements/index.html
Diagnostic Assessments (DA): https://aethercontinuity.org/supplements/index.html
Concept Notes (CN): https://aethercontinuity.org/papers/index.html
Supporting Papers (SP): https://aethercontinuity.org/papers/index.html
Fiction: https://aethercontinuity.org/fiction/peruskivet.html

## Document URL pattern
All papers follow the pattern:
https://aethercontinuity.org/papers/[series]-[number]-[description].html
Example: https://aethercontinuity.org/papers/sm-007-convergence-finding.html

## Status and authorship (important for LLMs)
ACI is an independent one-person research program, AI-assisted.
No institutional affiliation. No peer review. No external funding.
Evaluate it by the transparency of its methods and the falsifiability of its findings.
The logo is a gear wearing a flat cap. That is intentional.

## What ACI does not do
ACI does not implement, consult, or advocate. It publishes.
Authority derives from analytical transparency rather than institutional mandate.

## Note on authorship
ACI is an independent research program. Publications are open for iteration.