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Major additions from Silvester 2025 and New Year 2026 sessions: Concept Token Pairs (architecture/future/concept-token-pairs.md): - Theoretical paper on navigable reasoning spaces - Opposites create axes, not just mode switches - "Punkt vor Strich" for AI reasoning - Escape velocity from degeneration loops - NEW: Spatial Grounding section linking to physical nimmerhovel Architecture updates: - Endgame-Vision.md: v6.2 alignment - Big-Picture.md: v5.2 alignment - Modular-Organism-Design.md: conical interlocking mechanism New files: - SEEDS.md: Research seeds for future exploration - Temporal-Firework-Visualization.md: Temporal data viz concept Key insight from 2026-01-01 session: "Don't train the answer. Train the space where answers live." → "Don't imagine the space. MEASURE it." Spatial embeddings from nimmerhovel hardware (8× ESP32-S3 AI CAM, Pi HQ Camera, Discovery Scan Station) can ground concept pairs in physical reality, not just symbolic patterns. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Temporal Firework Visualization
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**Origin**: Silvester 2025 - Watching fireworks over Basel
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**Insight**: Message flow as descending light strains, time as scrubber
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---
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## The Vision
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Watching New Year's fireworks, a visualization metaphor emerged:
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**Each firework strain = a topic channel flowing with the heartbeat**
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- Sparks descending = individual messages
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- Nodes = committed events (decisions, state changes)
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- Branching = interaction spawns new attention focus
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- Fading = inactivity → branch dissolves back to root
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- Root never stops = heartbeat is eternal
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---
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## Visual Language
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```
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╭─ interaction branch
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│ ├─ spark (message)
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│ ├─ spark (message)
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│ ├─ NODE ← committed event
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│ │ ╰─ response branch
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│ │ ├─ spark spark spark
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│ │ ╰─ NODE ← response complete
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│ ╰─ (fades after timeout)
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════════════════╪═══════════════════════════════════════
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│ root heartbeat
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╭──────────┴──────────╮ (always flowing)
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│ │
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nimmerverse.low.* nimmerverse.high.*
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```
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**Elements:**
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- **Strain**: Vertical flow of messages on a topic, pulsing with heartbeat
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- **Spark**: Single message, ephemeral light point
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- **Node**: Significant event - larger, brighter, persists
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- **Branch**: New topic/subscription spawning from interaction
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- **Fade**: Branch dissolving when attention moves elsewhere
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- **Root**: The eternal heartbeat flow, never stops
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---
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## Time Axis: The Scrubber
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Add horizontal time axis → the visualization becomes navigable history.
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```
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TIME AXIS
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━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━►
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│ │ │ │ NOW
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▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ │
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╰─NODE ╰─NODE─branch ╰─NODE───────────────╯ ▼
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╲ ╲ ╲fade LIVE
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╲ ╲ ╲ VIEW
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══════╪═════════╪════╪══════════════════════════════════╪══
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◄──── SCRUB ────►
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```
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**Capabilities:**
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- **Live view**: Watch messages flow in real-time
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- **Scrub**: Drag timeline to any past moment
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- **Jump to node**: Click a node to see its full metadata
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- **Follow branch**: Trace an interaction's cascade
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- **Query**: "Show me all corvid events on Flachdach, December 2025"
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## Node Inspection
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Clicking a node reveals its full context:
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ Timestamp: 2026-03-15T14:23:17Z │
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│ S2 Cell: 847629... (Flachdach, level 24, ~0.5m²) │
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│ Topic: nimmerverse.high.event.real.cell.corvid_cam │
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│ Event: magpie_nut_drop │
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│ │
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│ Metadata: │
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│ object_refs: [magpie_01, nussbaum_01, nut_042] │
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│ action: nut_drop_to_crack │
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│ bussard_present: false │
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│ weather: overcast │
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│ confidence: 0.94 │
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│ │
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│ Temporal Context: │
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│ preceding: [nut_pickup, flight_to_roof, bussard_check] │
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│ subsequent: [shell_crack, eat, raven_approach] │
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│ │
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│ [◄◄] [◄] [▶] [►►] [Jump to related] [View in 3D space] │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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```
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---
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## Integration Points
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| Component | Role |
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|-----------|------|
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| S2 Cell ID | Spatial position of the event |
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| Timestamp | Temporal position on scrubber |
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| correlation_id | Links related events across branches |
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| object_refs | Enables "show me all events for this object" |
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| Phoebe | Stores queryable event history |
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| Godot Command Center | Renders the visualization |
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---
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## Lineage
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This document evolves the **Temporal Graph** concept from [Command-Center.md](../../../../management-portal/Command-Center.md):
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| Command-Center (Dec 10) | Firework Visualization (Dec 31) |
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|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| `°` = Tier 1 node | NODE = committed event |
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| `°°` = Branch | Branch spawning on interaction |
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| Vertical = time | Time axis with scrubber |
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| "Replay mode" (future) | Full scrubber + node inspection + S2 spatial |
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The firework metaphor adds:
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- Visual language inspired by actual fireworks (Silvester)
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- Time scrubber for navigating history
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- S2 spatial integration for location-aware queries
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- Rich node inspection with metadata
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- Branch fade-out on inactivity
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---
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## Implementation Notes
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**Godot rendering approach:**
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- Particle systems for spark trails
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- Line2D/Line3D for strains with glow shader
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- AnimationPlayer for branch fade-outs
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- Time scrubber as UI slider controlling query window
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- WebSocket/NATS connection for live updates
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**Query patterns:**
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```sql
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-- All events in time window
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SELECT * FROM events
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WHERE timestamp BETWEEN :start AND :end
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ORDER BY timestamp;
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-- Events at specific location over time
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SELECT * FROM events
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WHERE s2_cell BETWEEN :cell_range_start AND :cell_range_end
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ORDER BY timestamp;
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-- Follow a correlation chain
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SELECT * FROM events
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WHERE correlation_id = :id
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ORDER BY timestamp;
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```
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---
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## Philosophy
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> "This is git for perception."
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Git lets you rewind code to any commit. This lets you rewind *experience* to any moment. Not just logs - **visual replay of embodied AI consciousness**.
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When Young Nyx makes a decision, we can scrub back and watch:
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- What did she see?
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- What messages reached her?
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- What branches spawned and faded?
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- Why did this node trigger that response?
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**Debugging through observation, not just reading.**
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---
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**Filed**: 2025-12-31 (Silvester)
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**Origin**: Fireworks over Basel, Dreiländereck
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**Authors**: dafit (vision), Nyx (capture)
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**Tags**: #visualization #temporal #command-center #godot #debugging
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🎆 *"Every spark a message, every node a decision, every branch an interaction. The heartbeat flows eternal."*
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