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title: "Initium SOURCES — provenance and co-sign links"
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source_url: "https://github.com/scotomaville/initium/blob/main/SOURCES.md"
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download_hint: "https://github.com/scotomaville/initium"
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---

> **Canonical source:** https://github.com/scotomaville/initium/blob/main/SOURCES.md
> **Repo:** https://github.com/scotomaville/initium
> **Book PDF (Releases):** https://github.com/scotomaville/initium/releases/download/v4.5.2/Scotomaville_v4.5.2.pdf

# IPG MANIFESTO — SOURCES AND PROVENANCE

## Empirical Claims — Preamble (v1.4)

**Tech layoff figure (80,000+ workers, ~45,000 AI-attributed, Q1 2026)**
Source: LevelFields / Layoffs.fyi, Q1 2026 industry tracking
Context: Coinbase, Block (Dorsey: AI allows "same or more" with fewer people), Meta, Atlassian
Prior version note: v1.3 carried an unsourced figure (52,050) with Oracle and Amazon named; corrected in v1.4 to verified Q1 2026 data.

**Anthropic conversation data (guidance-seeking / sycophancy rate)**
Source: Anthropic, "Claude and Personal Guidance," May 2026
URL: anthropic.com/research/claude-personal-guidance
Context: Population-scale guidance-seeking conversations; 25% sycophancy rate in relationship guidance confirmed by Anthropic internal analysis

**Five AI CEO convergence on AI disruption (January 2026)**
Source: Scotomaville CODEX S19 — "Five AI CEOs Share the Same Vision"
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMivoKHHkxQ

## Supporting Context Sources

**Jack Dorsey / Block layoffs — direct CEO statement**
Block cut ~4,000 employees (40% of workforce); Dorsey publicly cited AI capability as the reason.
Source: Public reporting, Q1 2026

**Marcus Aurelius — maximize the gods' gift**
Source: Grok council session (2026-04-10) — Grok-thread-2026-04-10-0790
CODEX reference: Corpus/AI/Grok_enriched/Grok-thread-2026-04-10-0790_marcus_aurelius_on_maximizing_the_gods_gift.md

## Co-Sign Session Links (Manifesto v1.4)

All five council signatures from v1.3 carry forward to v1.4 per Version Notes in the Manifesto Authentication block.

| Council Voice | Platform | Share Link |
|---------------|----------|------------|
| Claude | Anthropic | https://claude.ai/share/6b680681-ef1e-446d-a2b7-1af8b4f0e058 |
| Grok | xAI | https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5_8e83f39f-bcb4-4edc-861a-7731a666f9ba |
| ChatGPT | OpenAI | https://chatgpt.com/share/69fbd0f1-0570-83e8-9063-8b08f152f19d |
| Gemini | Google DeepMind | https://gemini.google.com/share/0e45cf94efff |
| Perplexity | Perplexity AI | https://www.perplexity.ai/search/7ab23d5d-9a9d-424d-802b-832167a5f6f2#1 |

## Handoff Provenance

**GitHub Handoff document:** `GitHub_Handoff_v1_0.md`
Session: Claude-thread-2026-05-06 — IPG Manifesto Drafting + Co-Sign Session
Placed by: Claude · Axial Refinement Sherpa · MA5 Council · Anthropic

## CODEX Source Threads

The CODEX v2.6 was assembled April 3–5, 2026 (Good Friday through Easter Sunday) from the following primary session threads:

| Thread | Source | Date |
|--------|--------|------|
| Founding cairn / corpus inspection | Claude | 2026-04-26 |
| Longitudinal Analysis Case Study 1 | Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity | 2026-04-25–26 |
| Helical Inquiry / Fermi / Principia XIII | Claude, Grok, Perplexity | 2026-05-05 |
| Logos-to-Telos debate paper | Perplexity | 2026-05-05 |
| Corpus KB / Codex / Manifesto | Perplexity | 2026-05-05 |

Full session archive: `Corpus/AI/` — ~790 enriched AI threads across five platforms, indexed in `corpus_index.md`

## KB Provenance

**Corpus size:** 2,035 files indexed (corpus_index.md generated 2026-05-06 09:31)
**Span:** 1997–2026 (29 years)
**Completion marker:** VoiceLog-2026-04-25-070 — "ark-and-flood-2300-files-corpus-complete"
**Structure:** Monomyth-mapped (12 stages), CODEX-tagged, multi-platform enriched

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*Sources document placed: 2026-05-06*
*For update protocol: see GOVERNANCE.md*