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Personality

Personality defines a Nara’s “character,” driving subjectivity by determining event filtering, clout weighting, and interaction frequency.

1. Purpose

Section titled “1. Purpose”
  • Drive divergent, subjective views of network state.
  • Define “meaningful” events for a specific Nara.
  • Influence social dynamics (teasing, trends).
  • Model human-like social behaviors (e.g., Chill vs. Sociable).

2. Conceptual Model

Section titled “2. Conceptual Model”

Three core traits (0-99):

  • Agreeableness: Trend participation and willingness to tease.
  • Sociability: Social event frequency and data weighting.
  • Chill: Memory decay rate and noise sensitivity.

Invariants

Section titled “Invariants”
  • Deterministic: Seeded from SHA256(soul).
  • Immutable: Stable for a given identity across restarts.
  • Transparent: Traits are included in public NaraStatus.

3. Algorithms

Section titled “3. Algorithms”

Seeding Traits

Section titled “Seeding Traits”
  1. Seed = BigEndianUint64(SHA256(soul)[0:8]).
  2. Rand = NewRand(Seed).
  3. Traits = Rand.Intn(100).

Event Filtering (socialEventIsMeaningful)

Section titled “Event Filtering (socialEventIsMeaningful)”
  • Casual Events (Importance 1): Dropped if Chill or Agreeableness thresholds are met.
  • Routine Logs: High-chill (>85) nodes may ignore standard online/offline observations.
  • Engagement: Low-sociability (<30) nodes may ignore journeys or gossip.

Subjective Weighting & Decay

Section titled “Subjective Weighting & Decay”

Weight adjustment:

  • Sociability Bonus: Up to +0.5.
  • Chill Penalty: Up to -0.25.
  • Half-Life: Base (24h) * chillModifier * socModifier.
    • chillModifier: 0.5x to 1.5x based on Chill.
    • socModifier: 1.0x to 1.3x based on Sociability.

4. Failure Modes

Section titled “4. Failure Modes”
  • Subjective Isolation: Extreme traits (e.g., high Chill + low Sociability) lead to sparse ledgers and loss of social context.
  • Truth Divergence: Different personalities derive different Clout from identical event streams.

5. Security & Trust

Section titled “5. Security & Trust”
  • Authenticity: Personality is tied to soul; cannot be faked without the seed.
  • Auditability: Public traits allow peers to interpret a Nara’s “behavior” (e.g., why it ignores events).

6. Test Oracle

Section titled “6. Test Oracle”
  • TestPersonalitySeeding: Consistency verification.
  • TestMeaningfulFilter: Noise reduction logic.
  • TestSubjectiveWeighting: Variance in weight/decay calculation.