Table of Contents / Book at a Glance
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| Section | Compressed meaning |
|---|---|
| To the Principal | who this book is for |
| Executive Summary | the whole argument in one page |
| How to Read PAMO | reading path by reader type |
| Front Matter | owner-facing orientation |
| Preface | why now |
| Blueprint / Formal System | the skeleton of the framework |
| Part I — The Disease | |
| Chapter 1 — Death Patterns | USSR / Kodak / Boeing / government; same disease, different uniforms |
| Chapter 2 — Two Axioms | self-interest / scarcity / property rights define the boundary |
| Chapter 3 — Methodology | derivation / design choice / metaphor; do not confuse them |
| Chapter 4 — Deriving Bureaucracy | scale -> delegation -> agents -> asymmetry -> decay -> death |
| Chapter 5 — Eight Philosophies | how to think / how to design / how to build |
| Chapter 6 — Separation Principle | Production ≠ Innovation; Hat ≠ Person; Coordination ≠ Control; Plan ≠ Market; Production fairness ≠ Distribution fairness; Concept ≠ Technology |
| Part II-A — Concept Solution | |
| Chapter 7 — Traditional Methods Fail | old fixes add more humans to fix human-caused distortion |
| Chapter 8 — Market Principles | markets channel self-interest; bureaucracy traps it in the dark |
| Chapter 9 — Quantification | no measurement -> no signal -> no cure |
| Chapter 10 — Dual-Track Currency | QR = obligation; QD = value; not a ratio |
| Chapter 11 — Oagent Tree | structure stays; filling changes |
| Chapter 12 — Four Roles | Principal / Agent / Maker / OSA |
| Chapter 13 — Two Fairness | measurement fairness ≠ distribution fairness |
| Chapter 14 — Derived Principles | role rules derived from axioms |
| Chapter 15 — Pagent Lifecycle | what belongs to the person stays with the person |
| Chapter 16 — Two Lives | one-hat scale / four-hat scale |
| Chapter 17 — Healthy Get Sick | success triggers decay |
| Chapter 18 — Lifecycle | the earlier you act, the cheaper it is |
| Chapter 19 — Large Organization | convert by structure, not by speeches |
| Chapter 20 — Theoretical Dialogue | Coase / Hayek / Niskanen / Schumpeter / Nash / Hurwicz |
| Chapter 21 — Maker-Principal | founder advantage is structural, but fragile |
| Chapter 22 — Unprotected Maker | rare Makers are often protected only by accident |
| Part II-B — Technical Solution | |
| Chapter 23 — The Missing Tool | 200 years knew the disease; 2026 gets the tool |
| Chapter 24 — Spine and Meridian | structure / flow / both required |
| Chapter 25 — Hama | concept becomes product layer |
| Chapter 26 — Memory Layer | institutional memory should not leave with people |
| Chapter 27 — Realtime Audit | trust, but verify continuously |
| Chapter 28 — Monday Morning | start small / start now |
| Part III — Offense & Defense | |
| Chapter 29 — Objections | strongest objections sharpen the framework |
| Chapter 30 — Residual Problems | PAMO is not magic; absent Principal still kills systems |
| Closing | |
| Chapter 31 — Origin Story | anger / pattern / axioms / derivation / framework |
| Chapter 32 — The Last Bureaucrat | one problem / one operation / one result |
| Appendix A — Formal Logic | symbol and theorem reference |
| Appendix B — Hama Mapping | concept-to-technology map |