Refactoring the
Civilizational Kernel

The Kernel Institute develops architectural foundations for algorithmic governance, public proof, and epistemic infrastructure in the age of invisible computation.

Research Programs

Epistemic Systems

Foundations of cognitive geometry, pre-formal navigation, and the measurement of epistemic friction.

Verification & Governance

Architectures for auditable state functions, ISO 24153 compliance, and the "Impossible Delegation" theorem.

Institutional Engineering

Designing synthetic institutions and distributed verification networks for civilizational-scale systems.

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