:root {
  --paper: #f4f0e8;
  --paper-deep: #ebe5d9;
  --paper-light: #faf8f3;
  --ink: #141412;
  --ink-soft: #312f2b;
  --muted: #6e6a61;
  --line: #c9c1b4;
  --line-dark: #8f897f;
  --accent: #bb3f24;
  --accent-dark: #8d2c18;
  --accent-soft: #e9c5b8;
  --accent-pale: #f2ddd5;
  --sage: #9aa692;
  --blue: #718592;
  --shadow: 0 22px 70px rgba(27, 24, 18, 0.09);
  --shadow-small: 0 12px 35px rgba(27, 24, 18, 0.08);
  --serif: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
  --sans: Inter, ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  --mono: "SFMono-Regular", Consolas, "Liberation Mono", Menlo, monospace;
  --content: 700px;
  --wide: 1020px;
  --full: 1180px;
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }
html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }
body {
  margin: 0;
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 18px;
  line-height: 1.7;
  text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

a {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration-thickness: 1px;
  text-underline-offset: 0.16em;
}
a:hover { color: var(--accent); }
button { color: inherit; font: inherit; }
svg { display: block; max-width: 100%; }

.skip-link {
  position: fixed;
  left: 16px;
  top: -70px;
  z-index: 1200;
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--paper);
  padding: 10px 14px;
  font: 750 13px/1 var(--sans);
  transition: top .2s ease;
}
.skip-link:focus { top: 16px; }

.reading-progress {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0 0 auto 0;
  height: 3px;
  z-index: 1300;
  background: transparent;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.reading-progress span {
  display: block;
  height: 100%;
  width: 0;
  background: var(--accent);
  transform-origin: left center;
}

.site-header {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 100;
  min-height: 68px;
  padding: 0 34px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(143, 137, 127, .5);
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  background: rgba(244, 240, 232, .94);
  backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
}
.wordmark {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 11px;
  text-decoration: none;
  font: 760 14px/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .025em;
}
.wordmark-mark {
  width: 31px;
  height: 31px;
  border: 1px solid var(--ink);
  display: inline-grid;
  place-items: center;
  font: 850 10px/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .08em;
}
.site-nav {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 22px;
  font: 680 11px/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.site-nav a { text-decoration: none; }
.text-button {
  border: 0;
  padding: 5px 0;
  background: transparent;
  cursor: pointer;
  font: inherit;
  letter-spacing: inherit;
  text-transform: inherit;
}
.text-button:hover, .text-button:focus-visible { color: var(--accent); }

.article-hero {
  max-width: 1320px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 88px 42px 54px;
}
.eyebrow {
  margin-bottom: 23px;
  color: var(--accent);
  font: 800 11px/1.2 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .15em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.article-hero h1 {
  max-width: 1020px;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(64px, 8.2vw, 122px);
  line-height: .89;
  letter-spacing: -.055em;
  font-weight: 500;
}
.article-hero h1 .line-two {
  display: inline-block;
  color: var(--accent);
}
.dek {
  max-width: 850px;
  margin: 34px 0 0;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  font-size: clamp(22px, 2.35vw, 31px);
  line-height: 1.34;
  letter-spacing: -.015em;
}
.article-meta {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 8px 12px;
  margin-top: 31px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font: 700 10px/1.2 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .105em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.hero-note {
  max-width: 830px;
  margin: 23px 0 0;
  padding-left: 16px;
  border-left: 2px solid var(--accent);
  color: var(--muted);
  font: 540 13px/1.55 var(--sans);
}

.hero-system {
  margin: 70px auto 0;
  padding: 27px 27px 18px;
  background: var(--paper-light);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow);
}
.hero-system svg { width: 100%; height: auto; }
.hero-system figcaption,
.figure-wide figcaption,
.figure-full figcaption {
  margin: 15px 3px 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font: 520 12px/1.5 var(--sans);
}
.hero-kicker {
  fill: var(--muted);
  font: 800 11px/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: 1.65px;
}
.input-card rect,
.output-card rect {
  fill: var(--paper);
  stroke: var(--line);
  stroke-width: 1.2;
}
.input-card text,
.output-card text {
  fill: var(--ink);
  font: 700 15px/1 var(--sans);
}
.input-card .small,
.output-card .small {
  fill: var(--muted);
  font: 520 11px/1 var(--sans);
}
.hero-flow path,
.hero-output-flow path {
  fill: none;
  stroke: var(--line-dark);
  stroke-width: 1.5;
  marker-end: url(#heroArrow);
}
.hero-model rect { stroke: var(--line-dark); stroke-width: 1.15; }
.model-title {
  fill: var(--ink);
  font: 500 31px/1 var(--serif);
}
.model-subtitle {
  fill: var(--muted);
  font: 520 11px/1 var(--sans);
}
.network-lines path {
  fill: none;
  stroke: var(--line-dark);
  stroke-width: 1.5;
  opacity: .78;
}
.network-nodes circle {
  fill: var(--paper-light);
  stroke: var(--ink-soft);
  stroke-width: 1.5;
}
.network-nodes circle.accent-node {
  fill: var(--accent);
  stroke: var(--accent-dark);
}
.node-label {
  fill: var(--ink-soft);
  font: 700 10px/1 var(--sans);
}
.model-legend line { stroke: var(--line-dark); stroke-width: 1.5; }
.model-legend text { fill: var(--muted); font: 520 10px/1 var(--sans); }
.model-legend circle { fill: var(--paper-light); stroke: var(--ink-soft); stroke-width: 1.2; }

.article-shell {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(210px, 1fr) minmax(0, var(--content)) minmax(210px, 1fr);
  column-gap: 54px;
  max-width: 1260px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 32px 100px;
}
.article-rail {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  grid-column: 1;
  min-width: 0;
}
.rail-inner {
  position: sticky;
  top: 28px;
  max-width: 210px;
  padding-top: 93px;
}
.rail-label {
  margin-bottom: 14px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font: 800 9px/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.article-rail nav {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.article-rail a {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 25px 1fr;
  gap: 7px;
  padding: 9px 4px 9px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(201,193,180,.72);
  color: var(--muted);
  text-decoration: none;
  font: 590 10px/1.35 var(--sans);
  transition: color .18s ease, padding-left .18s ease;
}
.article-rail a span {
  color: var(--line-dark);
  font-family: var(--mono);
  font-size: 9px;
}
.article-rail a:hover,
.article-rail a.is-active {
  color: var(--ink);
  padding-left: 5px;
}
.article-rail a.is-active span { color: var(--accent); }
.article-body {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  grid-column: 2;
  width: 100%;
  min-width: 0;
}

.article-section {
  position: relative;
  padding-top: 105px;
  scroll-margin-top: 18px;
}
.section-number {
  margin-bottom: 16px;
  color: var(--accent);
  font: 800 10px/1 var(--mono);
  letter-spacing: .12em;
}
.article-section h2 {
  margin: 0 0 32px;
  font-size: clamp(43px, 5.2vw, 67px);
  line-height: .99;
  letter-spacing: -.043em;
  font-weight: 500;
}
.article-section > p {
  margin: 0 0 26px;
}
.article-section strong { font-weight: 700; }
.article-section em { font-style: italic; }
.citation {
  display: inline;
  margin-left: 2px;
  color: var(--accent);
  text-decoration: none;
  font: 760 .62em/1 var(--sans);
  vertical-align: super;
}
blockquote {
  margin: 50px 0;
  padding: 7px 0 7px 28px;
  border-left: 3px solid var(--accent);
}
blockquote p {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 31px;
  line-height: 1.29;
  letter-spacing: -.023em;
}

.figure-wide,
.figure-full {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 4;
  margin-top: 55px;
  margin-bottom: 55px;
}
.figure-wide {
  width: var(--wide);
  margin-left: calc((var(--wide) - 100%) / -2);
}
.figure-full {
  width: var(--full);
  margin-left: calc((var(--full) - 100%) / -2);
}
.figure-inner,
.projection-shell {
  padding: 27px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--paper-light);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-small);
}
.figure-header {
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 30px;
  margin-bottom: 24px;
}
.figure-header h3 {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 29px;
  line-height: 1.12;
  letter-spacing: -.025em;
  font-weight: 500;
}
.figure-header p {
  max-width: 680px;
  margin: 8px 0 0;
  color: var(--muted);
  font: 530 13px/1.52 var(--sans);
}
.figure-badge {
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  padding: 7px 9px 6px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-dark);
  color: var(--muted);
  font: 800 8px/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.compression-funnel {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  gap: 0;
  max-width: 760px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
.compression-funnel article {
  position: relative;
  width: var(--funnel-width, 100%);
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 17px 20px 16px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--paper);
}
.compression-funnel article:nth-of-type(1) { width: 100%; }
.compression-funnel article:nth-of-type(2) { width: 88%; }
.compression-funnel article:nth-of-type(3) { width: 76%; }
.compression-funnel article:nth-of-type(4) { width: 64%; }
.compression-funnel article:nth-of-type(5) { width: 52%; }
.compression-funnel article.funnel-final {
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--paper);
  border-color: var(--ink);
}
.compression-funnel article > span {
  position: absolute;
  top: 17px;
  right: 18px;
  color: var(--line-dark);
  font: 750 9px/1 var(--mono);
}
.compression-funnel h4 { margin: 0 0 4px; font: 750 15px/1.25 var(--sans); }
.compression-funnel p { margin: 0 45px 12px 0; color: var(--muted); font: 520 12px/1.45 var(--sans); }
.compression-funnel .funnel-final p,
.compression-funnel .funnel-final small { color: rgba(244,240,232,.68); }
.compression-funnel small { color: var(--muted); font: 700 8px/1 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.funnel-arrow {
  height: 27px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  color: var(--line-dark);
  font: 500 18px/1 var(--sans);
}
.dimension-meter {
  height: 4px;
  margin: 0 0 8px;
  background: var(--paper-deep);
  overflow: hidden;
}
.dimension-meter i {
  display: block;
  width: var(--w);
  height: 100%;
  background: var(--accent);
}
.funnel-final .dimension-meter { background: rgba(244,240,232,.16); }
.funnel-final .dimension-meter i { background: var(--accent-soft); }

.contrast-card {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 0;
  margin: 48px 0;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-dark);
  background: var(--paper-light);
}
.contrast-card > div {
  padding: 26px;
}
.contrast-card > div + div { border-left: 1px solid var(--line); }
.contrast-card .contrast-label {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 14px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font: 800 9px/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.contrast-card h3 { margin: 0 0 12px; font-size: 27px; line-height: 1.1; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -.025em; }
.contrast-card p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font: 540 13px/1.55 var(--sans); }
.contrast-card > div:last-child { background: var(--accent-pale); }

.lineage-timeline {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.lineage-timeline article {
  min-height: 196px;
  padding: 20px 17px;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--paper);
}
.lineage-timeline article:last-child { border-right: 0; }
.lineage-timeline time {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-bottom: 27px;
  color: var(--accent);
  font: 800 10px/1 var(--mono);
}
.lineage-timeline h4 { margin: 0 0 9px; font: 750 14px/1.25 var(--sans); }
.lineage-timeline p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font: 520 11px/1.5 var(--sans); }
.lineage-timeline .lineage-now { background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); }
.lineage-timeline .lineage-now p { color: rgba(244,240,232,.66); }
.lineage-timeline .lineage-now time { color: var(--accent-soft); }

.equation-block {
  margin: 42px 0;
  padding: 25px 29px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-dark);
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--paper);
  font-family: var(--mono);
  overflow-x: auto;
}
.equation-block p {
  margin: 0 0 12px;
  white-space: nowrap;
  font-size: 15px;
  line-height: 1.45;
}
.equation-block p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
.equation-block .p-accent { color: var(--accent-soft); }

.primitive-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.primitive-grid article {
  min-height: 181px;
  padding: 20px;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--paper);
}
.primitive-grid article:nth-child(3n) { border-right: 0; }
.primitive-grid article:nth-last-child(-n+3) { border-bottom: 0; }
.primitive-grid span {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 26px;
  color: var(--accent);
  font: 800 9px/1 var(--mono);
}
.primitive-grid h4 { margin: 0 0 8px; font: 750 15px/1.25 var(--sans); }
.primitive-grid p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font: 520 11.5px/1.5 var(--sans); }

.architecture-flow {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 44px 1fr;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0;
}
.architecture-source,
.architecture-core {
  min-height: 196px;
  padding: 22px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-dark);
  background: var(--paper);
}
.architecture-source span,
.architecture-core span,
.architecture-outputs span {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font: 800 9px/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .12em;
}
.architecture-source h4,
.architecture-core h4 { margin: 0 0 9px; font-size: 26px; line-height: 1.08; font-weight: 500; }
.architecture-source p,
.architecture-core p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font: 520 12px/1.55 var(--sans); }
.architecture-core { background: var(--accent-pale); border-color: var(--accent); }
.architecture-arrow { text-align: center; color: var(--accent); font: 500 27px/1 var(--sans); }
.architecture-split {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  width: 69%;
  height: 45px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  position: relative;
}
.architecture-split::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 50%; top: 0; bottom: 21px;
  border-left: 1px solid var(--line-dark);
}
.architecture-split::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 21px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-dark);
}
.architecture-split i {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 1px;
  height: 21px;
  background: var(--line-dark);
}
.architecture-split i:nth-child(1) { left: 0; }
.architecture-split i:nth-child(2) { left: 50%; }
.architecture-split i:nth-child(3) { right: 0; }
.architecture-outputs {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.architecture-outputs article {
  min-height: 158px;
  padding: 19px;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--paper);
}
.architecture-outputs article:last-child { border-right: 0; }
.architecture-outputs span { margin-bottom: 17px; }
.architecture-outputs h4 { margin: 0 0 8px; font: 750 14px/1.25 var(--sans); }
.architecture-outputs p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font: 520 11px/1.5 var(--sans); }

.conservation-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 14px;
  margin: 42px 0;
}
.conservation-grid article {
  min-height: 154px;
  padding: 21px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--paper-light);
}
.conservation-grid span { color: var(--accent); font: 800 9px/1 var(--mono); }
.conservation-grid h4 { margin: 20px 0 7px; font: 750 15px/1.25 var(--sans); }
.conservation-grid p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font: 520 12px/1.5 var(--sans); }

.agent-capabilities {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  gap: 1px;
  margin: 43px 0;
  background: var(--line);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.agent-capabilities article {
  min-height: 152px;
  padding: 21px;
  background: var(--paper-light);
}
.agent-capabilities span { color: var(--accent); font: 800 9px/1 var(--mono); }
.agent-capabilities h4 { margin: 18px 0 7px; font: 750 15px/1.25 var(--sans); }
.agent-capabilities p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font: 520 12px/1.52 var(--sans); }

.truth-layers {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(6, 1fr);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.truth-layers article {
  min-height: 184px;
  padding: 18px 14px;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--paper);
}
.truth-layers article:last-child { border-right: 0; }
.truth-layers article.inferred { background: var(--accent-pale); }
.truth-layers span {
  display: block;
  width: 24px;
  height: 24px;
  margin-bottom: 25px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-dark);
  font: 800 8px/1 var(--mono);
}
.truth-layers h4 { margin: 0 0 8px; font: 750 12px/1.25 var(--sans); }
.truth-layers p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font: 520 10.5px/1.45 var(--sans); }

.projection-shell { padding: 29px; overflow: hidden; }
.projection-header { margin-bottom: 20px; }
.projection-controls {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(6, 1fr);
  border: 1px solid var(--line-dark);
  margin-bottom: 24px;
}
.projection-tab {
  min-height: 50px;
  padding: 10px 8px;
  border: 0;
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--paper);
  color: var(--muted);
  cursor: pointer;
  font: 750 9px/1.25 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.projection-tab:last-child { border-right: 0; }
.projection-tab:hover,
.projection-tab:focus-visible { color: var(--ink); background: var(--paper-deep); }
.projection-tab.is-active,
.projection-tab[aria-selected="true"] { background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); }
.projection-stage {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.36fr) minmax(310px, .84fr);
  min-height: 575px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.projection-graph-wrap {
  position: relative;
  min-width: 0;
  padding: 19px;
  background: var(--paper-deep);
  border-right: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.projection-graph-wrap svg {
  width: 100%;
  height: 500px;
}
.p-edges path,
.p-edges line {
  fill: none;
  stroke: var(--line-dark);
  stroke-width: 1.7;
  opacity: .8;
  transition: opacity .28s ease, stroke-width .28s ease, stroke .28s ease;
}
.p-nodes circle,
.p-nodes rect {
  fill: var(--paper-light);
  stroke: var(--ink-soft);
  stroke-width: 1.4;
  transition: opacity .28s ease, fill .28s ease, stroke .28s ease, transform .28s ease;
  transform-box: fill-box;
  transform-origin: center;
}
.p-nodes .p-accent { fill: var(--accent); stroke: var(--accent-dark); }
.p-label {
  fill: var(--ink-soft);
  font: 720 11px/1 var(--sans);
  pointer-events: none;
  transition: opacity .28s ease, fill .28s ease;
}
.p-nodes [data-tags].is-highlighted circle,
.p-nodes [data-tags].is-highlighted rect {
  stroke: var(--accent-dark);
  stroke-width: 2.4;
  transform: scale(1.08);
}
.p-nodes [data-tags].is-highlighted .p-label { fill: var(--ink); }
.p-edges [data-tags].is-highlighted {
  stroke: var(--accent);
  stroke-width: 3;
  opacity: 1;
}
.p-nodes [data-tags].is-muted,
.p-edges [data-tags].is-muted { opacity: .18; }
.projection-legend {
  position: absolute;
  left: 23px;
  bottom: 17px;
  display: flex;
  gap: 15px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font: 650 9px/1 var(--sans);
}
.projection-legend span { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 6px; }
.projection-legend i {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 9px;
  height: 9px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--accent);
}
.projection-legend i.muted-dot { background: var(--line-dark); opacity: .35; }
.projection-report {
  padding: 26px;
  background: var(--paper-light);
}
.report-kicker {
  color: var(--accent);
  font: 800 9px/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .13em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.projection-report h4 {
  margin: 15px 0 9px;
  font-size: 33px;
  line-height: 1.03;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
}
.projection-report > p {
  margin: 0 0 24px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font: 520 12px/1.52 var(--sans);
}
.report-rows { border-top: 1px solid var(--line-dark); }
.report-rows > div {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  gap: 18px;
  padding: 13px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  font: 650 11px/1.35 var(--sans);
}
.report-rows span { color: var(--muted); }
.report-rows strong { text-align: right; font-size: 12px; }
.report-question,
.report-boundary {
  margin-top: 22px;
  padding-top: 17px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.report-question span,
.report-boundary span {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 7px;
  color: var(--muted);
  font: 800 8px/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.report-question p,
.report-boundary p { margin: 0; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.45; }
.report-boundary p { color: var(--muted); font: 520 11px/1.52 var(--sans); }

.bureaucracy-compare {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 58px 1fr;
  align-items: stretch;
}
.bureaucracy-compare > section {
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--paper);
}
.bureaucracy-compare > section.model-firm {
  border-color: var(--accent);
  background: var(--accent-pale);
}
.bureaucracy-head {
  padding: 14px 17px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: var(--muted);
  font: 800 9px/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.bureaucracy-compare ul {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}
.bureaucracy-compare li {
  padding: 15px 17px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  font: 610 12px/1.4 var(--sans);
}
.bureaucracy-compare li:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
.bureaucracy-arrow {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  color: var(--accent);
  font: 500 30px/1 var(--sans);
}
.query-examples {
  margin: 45px 0;
  padding: 24px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line-dark);
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--paper);
}
.query-examples::before {
  content: "QUERY THE INSTITUTION";
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 18px;
  color: var(--accent-soft);
  font: 800 9px/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .13em;
}
.query-examples p {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 13px 0 13px 25px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(244,240,232,.16);
  position: relative;
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 1.4;
}
.query-examples p::before {
  content: "→";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  color: var(--accent-soft);
}

.failure-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  gap: 1px;
  margin: 45px 0;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  background: var(--line);
}
.failure-grid article {
  min-height: 193px;
  padding: 22px;
  background: var(--paper-light);
}
.failure-grid span { color: var(--accent); font: 800 9px/1 var(--mono); }
.failure-grid h4 { margin: 25px 0 8px; font: 750 16px/1.25 var(--sans); }
.failure-grid p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font: 520 12px/1.53 var(--sans); }

.thesis-section {
  width: var(--wide);
  margin-left: calc((var(--wide) - 100%) / -2);
  margin-top: 110px;
  padding: 78px 80px 85px;
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--paper);
}
.thesis-section .section-number { color: var(--accent-soft); }
.thesis-section h2 { max-width: 720px; }
.thesis-section > p { color: rgba(244,240,232,.87); }
.thesis-equation {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 58px 1.25fr;
  align-items: stretch;
  margin: 48px 0;
}
.thesis-equation > div:not(.eq-arrow) {
  padding: 24px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(244,240,232,.31);
  background: rgba(244,240,232,.04);
}
.thesis-equation span {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 22px;
  color: var(--accent-soft);
  font: 800 8px/1 var(--sans);
  letter-spacing: .13em;
}
.thesis-equation strong {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  font-size: 24px;
  line-height: 1.1;
  font-weight: 500;
}
.thesis-equation small { color: rgba(244,240,232,.61); font: 520 11px/1.5 var(--sans); }
.thesis-equation .eq-arrow {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  color: var(--accent-soft);
  font-size: 29px;
}
.closing-line {
  margin: 57px 0 0 !important;
  color: var(--paper) !important;
  font-size: 45px;
  line-height: 1.08;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
}

.sources {
  padding-top: 110px;
}
.sources h2 {
  margin-bottom: 35px;
  font-size: 40px;
}
.sources ol {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
  counter-reset: sources;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-dark);
}
.sources li {
  counter-increment: sources;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 30px minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
  gap: 12px;
  padding: 16px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: var(--muted);
  font: 520 11px/1.55 var(--sans);
}
.sources li::before {
  content: counter(sources, decimal-leading-zero);
  color: var(--accent);
  font: 750 9px/1.6 var(--mono);
}
.sources li a {
  align-self: start;
  white-space: nowrap;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  font-weight: 700;
  text-decoration: none;
}
.sources li a:hover { color: var(--accent); }
.methods-note {
  margin-top: 25px !important;
  padding: 19px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  color: var(--muted);
  background: var(--paper-light);
  font: 520 11px/1.6 var(--sans);
}

.site-footer {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 60px;
  padding: 58px 34px 64px;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line-dark);
  background: var(--paper-deep);
}
.site-footer > div:first-child { max-width: 520px; }
.site-footer p { margin: 17px 0 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; }
.footer-contact {
  min-width: 260px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-end;
  gap: 7px;
  text-align: right;
  font-family: var(--sans);
}
.footer-contact > span { color: var(--muted); font: 800 9px/1 var(--sans); letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.footer-contact a { font: 650 13px/1.4 var(--sans); }
.footer-contact small { margin-top: 12px; color: var(--muted); font: 520 10px/1.3 var(--sans); }

.toast {
  position: fixed;
  left: 50%;
  bottom: 24px;
  z-index: 1500;
  transform: translate(-50%, 18px);
  padding: 11px 16px;
  background: var(--ink);
  color: var(--paper);
  opacity: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  font: 700 11px/1 var(--sans);
  transition: opacity .2s ease, transform .2s ease;
}
.toast.is-visible { opacity: 1; transform: translate(-50%, 0); }

.has-js .reveal {
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateY(20px);
  transition: opacity .65s ease, transform .65s ease;
}
.has-js .reveal.is-visible { opacity: 1; transform: none; }

@media (max-width: 1200px) {
  .article-shell {
    grid-template-columns: 190px minmax(0, var(--content));
    justify-content: center;
    column-gap: 42px;
  }
  .article-rail { grid-column: 1; }
  .article-body { grid-column: 2; }
  .figure-full { width: calc(100vw - 56px); margin-left: calc((100vw - 56px - 100%) / -2); }
  .projection-stage { grid-template-columns: 1.2fr .8fr; }
}

@media (max-width: 980px) {
  .site-header { padding: 0 22px; }
  .article-hero { padding: 72px 25px 40px; }
  .article-shell { display: block; max-width: var(--content); padding: 0 25px 88px; }
  .article-rail { display: none; }
  .figure-wide,
  .thesis-section {
    width: calc(100vw - 50px);
    margin-left: calc((100vw - 50px - 100%) / -2);
  }
  .figure-full { width: calc(100vw - 32px); margin-left: calc((100vw - 32px - 100%) / -2); }
  .hero-system { padding: 19px 19px 14px; overflow-x: auto; }
  .hero-system svg { min-width: 940px; }
  .lineage-timeline { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
  .lineage-timeline article:nth-child(3) { border-right: 0; }
  .lineage-timeline article:nth-child(-n+3) { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .lineage-timeline article:nth-child(4) { grid-column: 1 / 2; }
  .lineage-timeline article:nth-child(5) { grid-column: 2 / 4; border-right: 0; }
  .truth-layers { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
  .truth-layers article:nth-child(3n) { border-right: 0; }
  .truth-layers article:nth-child(-n+3) { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .projection-controls { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
  .projection-tab:nth-child(3n) { border-right: 0; }
  .projection-tab:nth-child(-n+3) { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .projection-stage { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .projection-graph-wrap { border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .projection-graph-wrap svg { height: 480px; }
  .projection-report { min-height: 430px; }
}

@media (max-width: 700px) {
  body { font-size: 17px; }
  .site-header { min-height: 61px; padding: 0 17px; }
  .site-nav { gap: 13px; font-size: 9px; }
  .site-nav a { display: none; }
  .article-hero { padding: 54px 19px 32px; }
  .article-hero h1 { font-size: clamp(52px, 15vw, 80px); }
  .dek { font-size: 22px; }
  .article-shell { padding: 0 19px 70px; }
  .article-section { padding-top: 80px; }
  .article-section h2 { font-size: 47px; }
  blockquote { margin: 39px 0; padding-left: 20px; }
  blockquote p { font-size: 26px; }
  .figure-wide,
  .thesis-section {
    width: calc(100vw - 38px);
    margin-left: calc((100vw - 38px - 100%) / -2);
  }
  .figure-full { width: 100vw; margin-left: calc((100vw - 100%) / -2); }
  .figure-inner,
  .projection-shell { padding: 20px; }
  .figure-header { flex-direction: column; gap: 13px; }
  .figure-header h3 { font-size: 25px; }
  .compression-funnel article:nth-of-type(n) { width: 100%; }
  .contrast-card { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .contrast-card > div + div { border-left: 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .lineage-timeline { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .lineage-timeline article,
  .lineage-timeline article:nth-child(n) { grid-column: auto; border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .lineage-timeline article:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
  .primitive-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .primitive-grid article:nth-child(n) { border-right: 1px solid var(--line); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .primitive-grid article:nth-child(2n) { border-right: 0; }
  .primitive-grid article:nth-last-child(-n+2) { border-bottom: 0; }
  .architecture-flow { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .architecture-arrow { transform: rotate(90deg); padding: 10px; }
  .architecture-split { width: 75%; }
  .architecture-outputs { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .architecture-outputs article { border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .architecture-outputs article:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
  .conservation-grid,
  .agent-capabilities,
  .failure-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .truth-layers { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .truth-layers article:nth-child(n) { border-right: 1px solid var(--line); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .truth-layers article:nth-child(2n) { border-right: 0; }
  .truth-layers article:nth-last-child(-n+2) { border-bottom: 0; }
  .projection-controls { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .projection-tab:nth-child(n) { border-right: 1px solid var(--line); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .projection-tab:nth-child(2n) { border-right: 0; }
  .projection-tab:nth-last-child(-n+2) { border-bottom: 0; }
  .projection-graph-wrap { padding: 6px; }
  .projection-graph-wrap svg { height: 405px; }
  .projection-legend { position: static; padding: 0 13px 13px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
  .bureaucracy-compare { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .bureaucracy-arrow { transform: rotate(90deg); padding: 12px; }
  .thesis-section { margin-top: 80px; padding: 55px 24px 65px; }
  .thesis-equation { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .thesis-equation .eq-arrow { transform: rotate(90deg); padding: 10px; }
  .closing-line { font-size: 35px; }
  .sources li { grid-template-columns: 26px 1fr; }
  .sources li a { grid-column: 2; }
  .site-footer { flex-direction: column; padding: 42px 19px; }
  .footer-contact { align-items: flex-start; text-align: left; }
}

@media (max-width: 470px) {
  .wordmark > span:last-child { display: none; }
  .article-meta { gap: 5px 8px; }
  .hero-system { margin-top: 45px; }
  .primitive-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .primitive-grid article:nth-child(n) { border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .primitive-grid article:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
  .truth-layers { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .truth-layers article:nth-child(n) { border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .truth-layers article:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
  .projection-controls { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .projection-tab:nth-child(n) { border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .projection-tab:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
  .projection-report { padding: 20px; }
  .projection-report h4 { font-size: 29px; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html { scroll-behavior: auto; }
  *, *::before, *::after {
    animation-duration: .01ms !important;
    animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
    transition-duration: .01ms !important;
  }
  .reveal { opacity: 1 !important; transform: none !important; }
}

@media print {
  @page { size: A4; margin: 17mm; }
  body { background: #fff; color: #000; font-size: 11.5pt; }
  .site-header,
  .reading-progress,
  .article-rail,
  .site-footer,
  .toast,
  .projection-controls { display: none !important; }
  .has-js .reveal { opacity: 1 !important; transform: none !important; }
  .article-hero { padding: 0 0 12mm; }
  .article-hero h1 { font-size: 53pt; }
  .dek { font-size: 18pt; }
  .hero-system { box-shadow: none; break-inside: avoid; }
  .article-shell { display: block; padding: 0; max-width: none; }
  .article-body { max-width: none; }
  .article-section { padding-top: 12mm; }
  .article-section h2 { font-size: 30pt; }
  .figure-wide,
  .figure-full,
  .thesis-section {
    width: 100%;
    margin: 8mm 0;
    transform: none;
    box-shadow: none;
    break-inside: avoid;
  }
  .figure-inner,
  .projection-shell { box-shadow: none; }
  .projection-stage { grid-template-columns: 1.2fr .8fr; min-height: auto; }
  .projection-graph-wrap svg { height: 120mm; }
  .thesis-section { background: #fff; color: #000; border: 2px solid #000; padding: 12mm; }
  .thesis-section p,
  .thesis-section .closing-line { color: #000 !important; }
  .thesis-equation > div:not(.eq-arrow) { background: #fff; color: #000; border-color: #000; }
  .thesis-equation small { color: #333; }
  .query-examples { background: #fff; color: #000; }
  a { text-decoration: none; }
  .sources a::after { content: " (" attr(href) ")"; font-weight: 400; word-break: break-all; }
}