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This article proposes a unified theoretical framework in which gravity, dark matter, and dark energy emerge from a dissipative extension of the Higgs field. We introduce a thermodynamic gradient field coupled to the Higgs sector, which allows: (i) gravity to emerge from Higgs fluctuations, (ii) resolution of the hierarchy problem with an improvement of 32 orders of magnitude, (iii) natural candidates for dark matter from dissipative modes, (iv) dark energy as the vacuum energy of the gradient field, and (v) determination of the cosmic topology as flat. The model compares favorably with the LCDM model using Bayesian evidence and makes testable predictions for the LHC and cosmological soundings.