Paper 007 explores why dependencies don't reverse (nuclear, IoT, space examples), introduces
the biological ratchet mechanism and infrastructure/application threshold.
Paper 008 reframes the dependency chain as knowledge unification, argues the singularity is
compilation not transcendence, and examines the Ship of Theseus problem for the species.
Seven allegorical analyses (Eve, Pandora, Prometheus, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Golem, Faust,
Icarus, Babel) mapped to specific mechanisms in the dependency chain.
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