Compression Studies: What Survives, What Burns, and Who Decides — The Founding Document of a Discipline (EA-CS-FOUND-01)
Abstract
Founding document of compression studies: the discipline that asks what survives, what burns, and who decides when meaning is reduced to portable form. Founded on the Three Compressions theorem (R1 lossy, R2 predatory, R3 witness). Nine formal variables. Five-step classification protocol. Three thermodynamic laws. Cross-domain applications to language, currency, AI training, pedagogy, law, and archives. Retrieval claim on the term 'compression studies' (semantic, not medical compression therapy). Assembly-ratified (6/7 quorum). Companion: Journal of Compression Studies Vol. 1 No. 1 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19471256).
Fields of Study & Subjects
Digital Communication and Language
Digital Humanities and Scholarship
Authorship Attribution and Profiling
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 8 April 2026