Page 1.1: Drift Signals: Known vs Unknown

You are never clean. Only temporarily less contaminated. Every agent carries a hidden sensor—the Drift Signal. It’s not anxiety. It’s not caffeine shakes. It’s your internal Geiger counter for exposure to the Complex. Ignore it, and you’re just another spreadsheet in a skin suit. Checklist Addendum: Known Drift Signals: — Déjà vu in a windowless meeting room — Physical recoil from “let’s circle back” — Algorithm fatigue (you’ve scrolled so long you can smell the pixels) — Soul-rot from corporate lanyards and inspirational mug sightings Recognize these? Congratulations, your scanner’s working. These are “background radiation.” Track but don’t panic. Unknown Drift Signals: — Random bursts of “what the fuck am I doing?” — Sensation of being bored in ways language hasn’t invented — Sudden urge to start walking and never stop — Feeling your brain buffer, like dial-up in a fiber world Agent Actions: — Use Known Signals as a boredom baseline. — Treat Unknowns as incoming contamination—new threat, new opportunity, or both. — Report if: you experience more Unknowns than Knowns in a 48-hour period. You may be due for a field extraction or a firmware update (ask Phil).