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The Hierarchical Preservation Model of Decision-Making: Self-Relevance Encoding across Survival, Meaning, and Lineage–Collective Preservation

by Hye-Eun (Selly) Yoon

Posted: April 26, 2026
Server: Zenodo
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19793296

Article Type: Theory

Highlights

Decision-making is defined as reorganization within a preservation hierarchy.

Self-relevance encoding links survival, meaning, and lineage–collective preservation.

Irrationality is analyzed as reweighting or collapse of preservation layers.

Biological grounding connects limitation, termination, and viability.

Culture modulates how self-continuity and self-loss are encoded.

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