Representation Before Generation
Why models, agents, and designers must build world models before producing output. The epistemological foundation of the research program.
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Reading Path
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The core thesis: representation precedes meaningful generation
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A Bauhaus for agents — institutional representation before tool output
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The New Land School as pedagogical application
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Design systems as public, machine-readable representations
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Silence as the purest form of representation
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Powers of Ten — representation at every scale
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The essay is about making as a language, not output.