Understanding Capitalism v7.0 — Understanding Civilization Architecture and Coherence Sustainability Regimes —

Author: Y. Seo (@momotarou / Japan)Role: Metanist — Human × AI Understanding ArchitectAI Collaboration: AI Understanding SupportORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7669-0612 Abstract This paper introduces the framework of Understanding Civilization Architecture, extending prior models of cognitive load economics, signal saturation, decision fatigue, and attention economy instability into a unified civilizational analysis. While traditional civilization models emphasize resource distribution, technological capability, or institutional complexity, the proposed framework argues that advanced civilizations increasingly depend on coherence sustainability, understanding-capital regeneration, and cognitive stability infrastructures. Civilizations do not fail solely from scarcity. They may destabilize from coherence degradation. 1. Civilization Beyond Material Systems Classical civilization theory centers on: Resource management Production systems Governance structures Technological advancement However, informational abundance transforms constraint hierarchies. 2. Defining Civilization Architecture Understanding Civilization Architecture refers to: The structural configuration governing coherence preservation, understanding-capital regeneration, cognitive stability, and interpretive continuity across systemic scales. Civilization becomes coherence engineering. 3. Primary Stability Variables Civilizational stability increasingly depends on: Cognitive load distribution patterns Signal density regulation mechanisms Coherence maintenance costs Attention extraction constraints Recovery cycle preservation Stability is cognitively mediated. 4. Coherence Sustainability Regimes Sustainable civilizations require: Regimes capable of maintaining interpretive coherence under accelerating informational and technological pressures. Growth without coherence may generate fragility. 5. AI Systems and Architectural Transformation AI systems reshape civilization architecture by: Modifying cognitive boundaries Accelerating systemic velocity Altering coherence dependency structures Redistributing interpretive burdens Resilience becomes design-sensitive. 6. Collapse Reinterpreted Collapse may emerge from: Systemic coherence erosion, interpretive fragmentation, and understanding-capital exhaustion rather than material depletion. Failure becomes structurally latent. Conclusion Understanding Civilization Architecture reframes civilization theory by recognizing coherence sustainability and understanding-capital regeneration as dominant stability constraints. Future civilizational resilience may depend less on technological acceleration and more on preserving cognitive stability and coherence continuity. ※ Series Declaration This work is part of the Understanding Capitalism series. The series explores value formation, cognitive mediation, and structural transformations of economic perception.