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Independent research · Sid J.A. Hubbard

A different
place to stand.

Research you can enter. Books you can inhabit. A family of immersive environments for following ideas into the world.

Choose the subject that interests you. The controls will feel familiar wherever you go.

The flagship research environment

Causality
& Attraction.

Nested causality across science, society, and everyday life. Two series of research, connected by the systems that enclose a problem—and the systems it contains.

Choose your environment.

Distinct subjects. One familiar way in.

The gateway · Geometry & perspective

0∞

Enter the reference state. A book, a moving geometry, and an invitation to see from a different place.

Enter 0∞
Cities · The civic home · A complete reading room

CivGentic

The solution to homelessness is structural civic agency.

CivGentic is a research environment that describes structural civic agency and the evolution of the city, then models six interventions whose time has come.

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Minerals · Investment claims · Research methods

Rare Earth

A research environment for examining mineral claims through geology, processing, infrastructure, markets, and the conditions that connect them.

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Conflict · Geography · Evidence

War Maps

Explore conflict geographically and relationally, moving between events, places, timelines, and the sources behind them.

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Countries · Living conditions · Comparative research

RTLDI Atlas

Compare the conditions of life across countries. Inspect the indicators, methods, and relationships behind the atlas.

Enter RTLDI Atlas
Live news · International perspectives

NewsBoob

An international news tuner. Watch, scan, stay with a station, or move on—inside a focused viewing environment.

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Enter a story.

Two books. Their worlds, in motion.

Science fiction · Immersive novel

Unreal Again

A story told through the planetary systems its characters inherit. Listen, read, and watch the world change.

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Science fiction · The sequel

The Nocturns

Return to Unreal Again in a second, self-contained reading environment. The narration, text, and story interface remain one experience.

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Independent work, openly explored

These environments are free to enter. Your support helps the research, writing, and software continue.

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Nested Causal Modelling: Solving Impossible Problems.
Three books in one: The Zero Infinity, Nested Causal Modelling and The Final Frontier.

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