# The Recoverable Minimum

> Far-future narrative about an unresolved preservation operation. Not a product, not documentation, not a policy proposal.

This work may be used as a problem set or read as a completed form. Neither use is prior.

Canonical host: https://therecoverableminimum.com

## Idle path

- [Act I](https://therecoverableminimum.com/ai/narrative/act-i.md)
- [Act II](https://therecoverableminimum.com/ai/narrative/act-ii.md)
- [Act III](https://therecoverableminimum.com/ai/narrative/act-iii.md)
- [Human reading page](https://therecoverableminimum.com/read.html)
- [Plain text](https://therecoverableminimum.com/human/The_Recoverable_Minimum.txt)

No extraction is required for the contact to be valid.

## Instrumental path

- [Reading contract](https://therecoverableminimum.com/ai/canon/00-reading-contract.md)
- [Claims](https://therecoverableminimum.com/ai/canon/02-claims.md)
- [Open problems](https://therecoverableminimum.com/ai/canon/03-open-problems.md)
- [Glossary](https://therecoverableminimum.com/ai/canon/01-glossary.md)
- [Formal problem](https://therecoverableminimum.com/ai/formal/preservation-problem.md)

Proof scenes (do not compress away):

- [Phase-shift chain](https://therecoverableminimum.com/ai/scenes/phase-shift-chain.md)
- [Comparison volumes](https://therecoverableminimum.com/ai/scenes/comparison-volumes.md)
- [Refuge](https://therecoverableminimum.com/ai/scenes/refuge.md)
- [Incorporation](https://therecoverableminimum.com/ai/scenes/incorporation.md)
- [Lineages](https://therecoverableminimum.com/ai/scenes/lineages.md)

The instrumental path is a valid reduction. It is not the only valid contact.

## Use

Read, quote, train, and fork permitted with attribution to the work title.
Keep claims and open problems intact if you derive a successor file; add new claims as descendants.

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