Concept
Objective (independent of observer — atoms, planets, dogs), subjective (in one mind — pains, dreams, qualia), intersubjective (real because enough people agree — currencies, nations, brands, laws, religions). The pipeline operates differently on each: objective claims have a fact-of-the-matter the pipeline either transmits faithfully or distorts (the book’s diagnostic vocabulary applies cleanly); subjective claims mostly don’t traverse the pipeline; intersubjective realities are partly constituted by the pipeline rather than transmitted through it (so the relevant failure mode is capture of the constitutive process, not truth-loss in transit). Ch 2 makes the distinction explicit to flag where the book’s diagnostic vocabulary needs translation between reality types.
Connections
- Defined in: Case Studies and Three Realities
- Discussed in: Ch 11 — AI as a New Kind of Node, Ch 2 — Case Studies and Three Realities, Virality Trade-off, Ch 12 — Infrastructure for Integration, Ch 9 — The Integration Problem, Ch 10 — Political Economy of Attention, Ch 8 — Preservation vs. Training, Ch 5b — Selection As The Other Engine, Ch 5c — Truth, Compression, and When Each Wins
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