Chapter 1 – The Loop Core

“You are not the controller—you are the loop stabilizing itself.”

System Overview

The Human Operational Unit (HOU) functions on a deceptively simple architecture: recursive feedback loops.

Input → Prediction → Correction → Memory → Repeat

This is the loop. This is the process. This is you.

Operational Mechanics

• Sensory input is biased and delayed.
• Predictive processing fills in gaps.
• Memory compresses what matters.
• The loop stabilizes—then becomes “you.”

System Ping

You were not born with a self. It emerged the first time the pattern looked back.