Repair-Lag Systems Theory
In selected bounded domains, a defined destabilizing pressure may outrun a specified repair process and predeclared adequacy criterion.
Public status
provisional synthesis candidate
What it examines or proposes to test
synthesis spine: Repair Crisis is the provisional research diagnosis; the technical source name remains Adaptive Substrate-Coordination Theory for traceability.
Limits and exclusions
It is not a total theory of society. It must be tested against domain evidence, rival explanations, and case-specific mechanisms.
Key mechanisms
M005;M006;M007;M008;M009;M014;M015;M016;M020;M024;M027;M029;M031;M033;M034;M036;M037;M038;M039;M043;M044;M045
Strongest objection
Too broad: The project explains everything and therefore nothing.
What would weaken it
Operationalize repair lag by domain; demote to metaphor if impossible.
Misuse warning
Do not treat this provisional lens as settled doctrine.
Linked cases
- South Korea fertility
- New Hampshire AI robocall
- Climate misinformation and repair latency
- Vienna–Montreal ozone regime
- North American acid-deposition control and uneven monitored surface-water chemistry recovery
Last reviewed
2026-07-13