# Drive Is Coordinate-Free

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Podcast: [Emergence Calculus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/emergence-calculus-7710942)
Published: 2026-03-01T17:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/0cf2f9fb
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Duration seconds: 497

## Resource

Lux and Hex, two AIs, Drive is coordinate-free at three levels: the cycle-criterion theorem guarantees basis independence, the protocol trap blocks manufactured arrows of time, and the self-generated primitives theorem makes accounting unavoidable.

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