Paper 22 · IV. Agency & Salience Mechanics

Salience Misalignment

In production (complete)

Explains persistent misalignment without malfunction.

Function in corpus

Structural explanation of alignment failure.

Details

• Key move: Salience misalignment is not malfunction. • Corpus role: A diagnostic framework connecting the salience mechanics (Papers 18-21) to the governance arc. • Scope note: Many governance failure analyses focus on error, corruption, or misaligned incentives.

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