Execution, Interaction, and Memory: A Coordination-First Ontology for Physics

Abstract

Modern physics successfully models dynamical evolution once a state description is given but lacks a minimal ontology explaining why irreversible temporal structure, classicality, and large-scale cosmological phenomena emerge at all. This monograph proposes a coordination-first framework in which reality is generated by three modal operations—Execution (E), Interaction (I), and Memory (M)—acting on a dynamically evolving coordination graph. The framework draws upon and extends insights from process philosophy, category theory, and network science, positioning the physics of coordination as a bridge between natural science and the humanities.

Part I develops the core formalism: the EIM algebra, emergent geometry, coordination field equations, and cosmological consequences, together with empirical predictions. Part II extends the framework to resolve major paradoxes across physics, cosmology, mathematics, and philosophy—from the measurement problem and black hole information loss to Gödel’s incompleteness theorems and the hard problem of consciousness—while revealing unexpected structural connections between seemingly unrelated domains. Part III charts prospective applications and empirical frontiers, identifying near-term testable predictions in astrophysics, biological percolation, economic coordination, and quantum technology that leverage emerging 2026–2030 datasets and experimental capabilities. The monograph concludes by examining societal implications of coordination ontology for artificial intelligence ethics, climate governance, and the philosophy of collective action.