Aether Continuity Institute · Diagnostic Instrument
A/R/D System Posture Monitor
CN-004 · TN-007 · ACI
Accumulation · Correction · Detection Delay
R = min(Rᵗ, Rᵖ) · D_eff = max(D₁,D₂,D₃)
A/R ratio
A — stress acceleration
R_eff = min(Rᵗ, Rᵖ)
D_eff = max(D₁,D₂,D₃)
D* intervention window
Binding R constraint
D endogeneity
Rᵗ — technical feasibility
Can it be done?
Rᵖ — political executability
Will it be done?
R_eff = min(Rᵗ, Rᵖ)
D₁ · physical → report
~0
months
bottleneck
D₂ · report → agenda
months
bottleneck
D₃ · agenda → action
months
bottleneck
Coupling C
A → D
A → R
D → R
A — Accumulation
Stress acceleration +4
Convergence pressure High
Buffer depletion Fast
R — Correction
Rᵗ — technical feasibility 8
Rᵖ — political executability 1
Realised throughput Low
D — Detection Delay
D₂ — report → agenda (mo) 24
D₃ — agenda → action (mo) 42
D* intervention window (mo) 36
D endogeneity Medium
A/R/D System Posture Monitor · Companion to CN-004 and TN-007
Aether Continuity Institute · aethercontinuity.org · 2026
Parameters are qualitative regime indicators. See TN-007 §01 for design principle.