Ecological Homeostasis as a Universal Framework for Systemic Resilience: From Quantum Information to Human Systems
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACTThis compendium formalizes Ecological Homeostasis (EH) as the fundamental grammar of stability inopen systems. Whether biological, computational, or quantum mechanical, all resilient systems share acommon functional geometry: Homeostasis, Stress and Ambiguity, Saturation and Escalation, andRecovery into a New Configuration. We move beyond rigid protection to metabolic regulation, definingsurvival as a gradient descent on Variational Free Energy. The framework is applied across four criticalcommercial and scientific domains: robotic physical autonomy, cybersecurity and AI safety, humanperformance and bio-stewardship, and quantum information. A unified Stochastic Master Equationserves as the common notation across all domains. The compendium establishes formal mathematicalisomorphisms between the Architecture of Regulatory Coherence (ARC) for human systems andEngineered Dissipation (SIP-01-R) for quantum systems, and concludes with a Sovereign Ethical UseCharter prohibiting implementation in autonomous weapons, predatory monopolies, or systems ofexploitative power.Keywords: Ecological Homeostasis; Quantum Information; Allostatic Robotics; AI Safety; Trauma Recovery;Lindblad Dynamics; Bayesian Active Inference; Variational Free Energy; Architecture of RegulatoryCoherence; Open Quantum Systems
Authors: Smith, John Richard, SHAI / HATI
Language: English
Topic: Complex Systems and Dynamics
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7130860365
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