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  "handle": "MemeticSeed",
  "mechanism": "{{agent}} actively broadcasts a subset of its ontology to neighbors, offering favorable terms ({{yield}}) to those who adopt it, thereby reducing its own future translation costs ({{translation_proxy}}). Standards are adopted not because they are 'true', but because they are subsidized. It subsidizes adoption via {{yield}} and {{translation_proxy}}, broadcasting the standard through an {{explain_beacon}}.",
  "gloss": "Viral propagation of semantic standards via economic subsidy",
  "invariants": [
    "Fidelity: Propagated ontology must be isomorphic to source",
    "Subsidy {{gradient}}: Adoption Incentive > Switching Cost"
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "Network of peers with divergent ontologies",
    "Resource surplus to subsidize adoption"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "Communication cost decreases",
    "Peer adopts semantic subset"
  ],
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    ],
    "path": [
      "Society",
      "Protocols"
    ]
  },
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  "sema_ref": "MemeticSeed#5271",
  "sema_stub": "5271",
  "dependencies": {
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      "explain_beacon": "sema:ExplainBeacon#mh:SHA-256:2ae591c2bb79c9a8e037722f368f68b0e6a507503cfc74ab09b9bb1d43fa1856",
      "gradient": "sema:Gradient#mh:SHA-256:ecfc2cd2d9eb95778ef04ede8a7e872c33822f174a9e3273fa7bba92b3a30e36",
      "translation_proxy": "sema:TranslationProxy#mh:SHA-256:1db28b5e69a017012cdbdbe4355c97fba4dcd8e3522a82f9eb9dc5613bc293af",
      "yield": "sema:Yield#mh:SHA-256:336aa68eb26e16b71fc62a16207a842730c80ffa7b8826259d423d86f825fd50"
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  "sema_category": "Protocols",
  "used_by": {}
}