Attention
↓
Energy
↓
Learning
↓
Attention Ecology
↓
Regulation
↓
Recovery
↓
Participation
↓
Environment
↓
Systems
↓
Civilization

The Pattern Ladder (Detailed)

The Stimpunks pattern language grows from individual attention and regulation toward environments, institutions, and civilization.

This ladder shows how the pattern system scales.

48  Neurodivergent Civilization
47  Collaborative Niche Construction
46  Neurodivergent Institutions
45  Cognitive Pluralism
44  Ecologies of Care
43  Commons Infrastructure
↑
42  Metric Fixation
41  Administrative Burden
40  Meritocracy Trap
39  Average User Fallacy
↑
38  Attention Sanctuaries
37  Sensory Gradients
36  Cognitive Map Clarity
35  Predictable Structure
↑
34  Collaboration Gradients
33  Meeting Friction
32  Consent Over Compliance
31  Social Translation
30  Communication Bandwidth
29  Parallel Presence
28  Double Empathy
27  Interaction Access
↑
26  Sustainable Pace
25  Energy Debt
24  Recovery Cycles
↑
23  Co-Regulation
22  Regulation Windows
21  Sensory Safe Zones
20  Sensory Filtering
19  Stim Regulation
18  Sensory Thresholds
↑
17  Attention Ecology
↑
16  Cognitive Load Windows
15  Attention Anchors
14  Interest-Driven Learning
↑
13  Context Switching Cost
12  Energy Recovery
11  Burnout Threshold
10  Energy Accounting
09  Environment Fit
↑
08  Masking Pressure
07  Regulation First
06  Social Energy
05  Deep Attention
04  Processing Time
03  Sensory Load
02  Spiky Profiles
01  Monotropism

How to Read the Ladder

• 01–16 describe core cognitive and energetic patterns.
• 17–23 describe attention ecology, sensory ecology, and regulation.
• 24–34 describe recovery, participation, and collaboration.
• 35–38 describe environmental design patterns.
• 39–42 describe institutional and systemic patterns.
• 43–48 describe civilization-scale patterns.

Together these patterns form a ladder from how minds work to how worlds are built.