ICCA Design Principles: Cognitive Safety and Non‑Compulsive Interaction
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: ICCA: Identity Constructed Communication ArchitectureVolume VI: Sociological Dynamics & Interaction DesignPaper: ICCA Design Principles: Cognitive Safety and Non‑Compulsive InteractionCognitive safety is the condition in which digital systems do not manipulate attention, amplify emotion, or create compulsive loops. Modern digital architectures undermine cognitive safety by observing behaviour, predicting vulnerability and shaping interaction through personalised reinforcement. These systems convert human intention into reactive engagement, producing cognitive overload, emotional turbulence and compulsive use. ICCA restores cognitive safety by eliminating identity visibility, behavioural metadata, continuity, correlation, inference and prediction. Trustless systems remove the structural triggers that create compulsion, allowing digital interaction to become calm, autonomous and non‑manipulative. This paper defines cognitive safety as a design principle; explains how modern systems violate it and outlines how ICCA establishes non‑compulsive interaction through structural blindness.
Source: Figshare
Author: Karl A L Smith
Language: English
Subfield: Human-Computer Interaction
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204835113