Post-Social Human Condition Framework · Version 1.0
Evidence and limitations
The framework separates historical evidence from editorial judgement. This register makes the distinction explicit and records where further work is required.
Evidence policy
Facts support the assessment. They do not automatically produce the score.
Official statistics and historical research establish the conditions within each era. The PHCF then interprets those conditions across ten dimensions of ordinary life.
That interpretive step must remain visible. A source may demonstrate that life expectancy improved or mobile internet access expanded; it does not independently prove a particular Human Condition Score.
Every numerical result should therefore be read as a provisional synthesis whose assumptions can be challenged.
Primary source register
Authoritative evidence families
Survival, health and longevity
Used to test long-run claims concerning life expectancy, mortality and the expansion of modern healthcare.
Work, employment and safety
Used to examine changes in employment structure, hours worked and occupational risk.
Technology, internet access and connectivity
Used to test the transition from limited digital access to continuous mobile connectivity.
Methodological boundaries
What Version 1.0 cannot establish
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The Human Condition Score is an editorial synthesis, not a statistically validated national index.
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The current scores use national-level interpretation and cannot represent every regional, class, gender, ethnic, disability or family experience.
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Lifestyle Expectation, Friction Reduction and Comparison Horizon are explanatory indices. Their present values are provisional and require fuller published rubrics.
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The reference subject is a representative working-age adult, not a claim that one life pattern was typical for everybody.
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The 1990 peak is a testable hypothesis. Different weights, reference subjects or regional datasets may change the result.
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Version 1.0 does not yet publish a complete source-to-score calculation for every dimension and era. That is a priority for the next edition.
The framework should become more credible by making revision possible, not by pretending uncertainty does not exist.
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