A theory of how reality behaves.
Reality is a single, continuous, and undivided process. As thinking entities, we necessarily impose provisional and discrete boundaries onto this substrate to navigate existence. These boundaries are not inherent features of reality but functional approximations (arbitrary cuts made for the purpose of survival and utility). Because these boundaries are imposed by an observer with limited bandwidth, they can never fully capture the continuous complexity of the underlying reality. Horizon Theory explores the consequences of recognizing these limits: the benefits of conscious boundary construction and the costs of mistaking our functional maps for absolute truth.
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Horizon Theory is a unified framework of universal behavior (applicable to all entities, living or non-living). It explains why things happen by analyzing the structural persistence of boundaries, whereas physics typically describes how they move.
The central tenet is that identity is boundary coherence. Entities are not static substances but stable patterns formed by the act of drawing boundaries around regions of the continuous substrate. Understanding how these boundaries are maintained, dissolved, and conceptualized is key to understanding behavior at all scales (from information theory to ethical cooperation).
Key implications include:
Horizon Theory is currently in active development. Detailed documentation will be made available here as the language and models mature.