The Trinket Soul Framework
A falsifiable theory of connection across substrates and scales.
What is the Trinket Soul Framework?
The Trinket Soul Framework (TSF) is a 443-page falsifiable theory of relational investment. It defines the Trinket — the fundamental unit of relational investment — and traces how accumulation of those units produces measurable dynamics across human relationships, institutions, and AI systems.
TSF operates across three phases: human relationships (Phase 1, complete), AI-custodial relationships (Phase 2, five problem papers published), and AI-to-AI dynamics (Phase 3, speculative). The framework makes testable predictions, identifies failure modes before they occur, and provides structural vocabulary where ordinary language breaks down.
Explore the Research
The Blueprints
Five volumes covering the full theory — from the physics of connection to the relational ecology of civilizations.
Working Papers
Nineteen published working papers extending the framework into AI systems, institutional dynamics, and applied domains.
Industry Briefs
Five policy and research briefs addressing the AI companion industry through the TSF’s structural lens.
The Full Research Platform
This site covers the Trinket Soul Framework. The complete Trinket Soul Empire — including Entropy science, the Deep Floor research division, governance infrastructure, and the full Working Papers corpus — lives at suposystem.ai.
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