Satisfaction

Satisfaction is a ledger of discrete events, each with a signed magnitude, a half-life (days, Lua-defined), and exponential decay. The sum is current contentment — and it drives motivation, which drives task selection.

Three sources

• Self-awareness moments — waking notices residence, dressing notices clothing, meals notice food, a weekly review notices economic/physical security. Impact = material quality − tier expectation.
• Social comparison — measured against a reference group (which group is an open question).
• Expectation violations — history events translated into satisfaction events by Lua.

Traits and memes multiply event impact.

Open questions

The reference group for social comparison, the exact satisfaction → discretionary task choice function, and whether the abstract tempo keeps a full per-event ledger or a decayed scalar are all unresolved. The last one matters for the “one schema, two tempos” promise. See Design Status.