Tag: autonomy
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Introduction: The Counter-Force The social environment is a biological exposure. Group norms, status hierarchies, emotional labor demands, normative evaluation pressure—each activates the allostatic systems that drive epigenetic drift. The methylome records the social ledger. This much is established. But the individual is not a passive recipient of social inputs. There is a counter-force that operates…
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Listen to the data. The social age of majority in the West is being repriced upward — not by statute alone, but by reputation, HR policy, platform governance, and the ambient moral panic of the feed. And the long side of that trade is a civil liberties crash. We are watching the category of “adult”…