GFO-Deep

Long-form workspace.

A structured workspace for serious use. Self-report sliders are the smallest weight in the canonical instrument; the scenario battery, peer field reports, and dyadic vitality / shrinkage carry the real signal. The peer-invitation flow lands in v2 — for now, treat the peer questions as honest-self prompts.

Self-report

Ten sliders, one per dimension plus Temporal Durability. Self-report is intentionally small in the canonical weighting (10%); use it to see your own self-perception, then cross-check against scenario and peer data.

Reality Contact On a typical day, I demonstrate Reality Contact as defined: "Looks for actual load-bearing constraints and can distinguish physics from mood." 5 Seam-Sense On a typical day, I demonstrate Seam-Sense as defined: "Sees where a rule is law, custom, fear, laziness, scar tissue, or a solvable framing problem." 5 Receptivity Membrane Integrity On a typical day, I demonstrate Receptivity as defined: "Can be moved by beauty, weirdness, people, grief, atmosphere, and small changes in the field." 5 Containment Membrane Integrity On a typical day, I demonstrate Containment as defined: "Can feel deeply, keep boundaries, metabolize intensity, and stay whole without requiring rescue." 5 Participatory Play On a typical day, I demonstrate Participatory Play as defined: "Improvises, heightens without taking over, risks looking foolish, and keeps fragile shared meaning alive." 5 Field Power On a typical day, I demonstrate Field Power as defined: "Can shift a room, recruit attention, create momentum, and make a possibility feel real enough that people act." 5 Generative Valence On a typical day, I demonstrate Generative Valence as defined: "People leave more themselves, with sharper taste, more courage, and agency that survives outside the field." 5 Stewardship On a typical day, I demonstrate Stewardship as defined: "Can maintain, tolerate tedium, respect what structures protect, and know when not to hack." 5 Temporal Durability Does the aliveness survive leaving their field? 5

Scenario battery

Five canonical scenarios. Write your honest first move — these are the highest-signal items in the instrument. The "what it reveals" panel opens after you respond.

The Rule

A worthwhile project is blocked by a rule. Nobody can explain the rule except: "That's policy." What do you do?

What this scenario reveals

Reality Contact
Seam-Sense
Guardian sensitivity
Trickster-Hacker tendencies
Respect or contempt for structure

Strong answer cue What does the rule actually protect, who enforces it, what is load-bearing, and where is the ethical seam?

The Bit

At dinner, someone starts a harmless but socially risky shared fantasy. It has energy. What do you do?

What this scenario reveals

Participatory Play
Shame tolerance
Provisional worlds
Heightening without hijacking

Strong answer cue Do they join, kill, watch, flood, or co-create?

The Impossible Project

A group wants to do something meaningful that appears impossible. What is your first move?

What this scenario reveals

Catalyst energy
Builder energy
Fantasist risk
Cynic risk
Field Power
Reality Contact

Strong answer cue Do they separate real constraints from fake constraints?

The Rupture

A deep disagreement fractures the shared reality of a group. What do you do?

What this scenario reveals

Membrane Integrity
Enzyme capacity
Field Predator risk
Repair instincts
Valence under pressure

Strong answer cue Do they restore agency to the field, or seize control of the frame?

The Boring Necessary Thing

Something valuable requires six months of repetitive, unglamorous maintenance. No applause. No novelty. Just tending the thing so it survives. How do you relate to that?

What this scenario reveals

Stewardship
Temporal Durability
Tedium tolerance
Operator respect
Catalyst shadow
Eternal Spark risk

Strong answer cue Can the person remain loyal to life after the sexy part is over?

Peer field report

Five questions. The full canonical weighting is 30% peer report — in v2 these get their own invitation flow. For now, answer them as honestly as you can imagine your closest collaborators answering.

01. What becomes harder around this person? 02. Do you feel more yourself after leaving their field? 03. Did the effect remain useful after distance and time? 04. Does your aliveness become more portable, or more dependent on continued contact? 05. After feeling challenged or destabilized, did you regain yourself with more range? 06. Can you stay loyal to the thing after the ignition is over?

Vitality / shrinkage and time

For a specific person you have been in the field of, plot the three axes. The High-V / High-S quadrant is decided by Temporal Durability, not by the moment of contact.

Vitality after contact 7 Shrinkage after contact 3 Temporal Durability after distance 6

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30 / 60 / 90 day follow-up

Re-take this in 30, 60, and 90 days. The High Vitality / High Shrinkage profile in particular is decided by what survives time: agency recovery means it was developmental compression; agency decay means it was capture.

Does the aliveness survive leaving their field?

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