# flove · worldview

> The philosophy and family identity behind **flove.org** — the timeless
> background for building flove apps. For the design contract see
> `standards/contract.md`; for the spec/roadmap see `backend.md`; for the
> ontology in depth see `theory/`.

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## 1. What flove is

**flove = flow + love.** The site's own browser title is literally:
*"Flove.org – flow love flove"*.

Flove.org is an **integrative project** — a worldview, a documentation
archive, and a constellation of small client-side apps. It tries to
weave together **science, philosophy, linguistics, biology, psychology
and society** under a single relational vocabulary, and then express
that vocabulary as **playable little experiences** (the apps).

The official self-description captures the flavor:

> *"In the more Simplex place there are varying eachs as equilibred
> confluences of a micro & macro and-or past & future and else
> relational analogies to zygot that mimic genesis better. … Love is who
> better links all we've seen and will see getting broader from a simpler
> thing. So… what is in your love? More acts for love. Feed back the source."*

In plain language: every level of reality (atoms, cells, people,
societies) is a **confluence** of complementary opposites; **love** is
the relational name for whatever holds those confluences together; the
project is the practice of mapping that and then *acting on it*.

The name is also a stance: **slow it, flow it, love it** — low-tech,
relational, gift-economic, decentralized, no-flashy-AI.

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## 2. The umbrella: sprout

The warm sprout (two leaves, one stem) is the brand mark used across the
family (and the shared flove-bar). A second motif is **the genesiacal pair /
cyclon**: any whole is displayed as two complements (subject/object,
micro/macro, give/take, real/realyn, life/death). Many apps lean on this
pattern.

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## 3. The whole map (taxonomy)

The master taxonomy — the **Whole** — is authored in the flove app's
`docs/index.html` (the "FLOVE DOCS" page). Every app is a **cell** in this
matrix: when in doubt about an app's *meaning*, find its row. *(The old
`whole.html` is retired.)*

**This table is a synced, exhaustive dump of that source** — edit
`docs/index.html`, then re-dump here (standard task `project-worldview-whole-dump`).
It includes the secondary *related paradigms* and *related apps* held in the
source's `.more` popovers. 33 rows:

| Category | Substance | Field | Paradigm | Related paradigms | App | Related apps | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The four questions (metaphysics) | X | Metaphysics | Simplex | PanBitheism | Goddy |  | The simple before the word: the apophatic angle. |
| The four questions (metaphysics) | WHY | Tele(axi)ology | Compatibilism | Cathy, BiMorals | Willy | Cathy | The first intention: why is there anything? |
| The four questions (metaphysics) | WHAT | Theo(onto)logy | Confluentism | Cyclon | Keys | Fivy | What exists as such: ontology. |
| The four questions (metaphysics) | HOW | (Meta)MathyLogic | Intuitionism | Zygoton | Puzzy |  | How it relates: the logic of the bond. |
| Science: particle, atom, molecule | Particle | (Bio)Physics | Polon |  | Poly |  | The minimal physical unit in flove's reading: a polar pair. |
| Science: particle, atom, molecule | Atom | Quarck (Cosmology) | NucleoFunctors |  | Astry |  | Nucleus + electrons: up and down conjugated. |
| Science: particle, atom, molecule | Molecule | (Bio)Chemistry | CarboSilicon | 2nD | Hacky |  | Bonded atoms: the basic chemical unit. |
| Biology: from macromolecule to body | Macromolecule | Molecular Biology |  |  | Realy |  | Polymers that already hold memory: DNA, RNA, proteins. The antechamber of life. |
| Biology: from macromolecule to body | Cytoplasm | (Evo) Microbiology | Bactirus |  | DieSafe |  | The cell's inner medium: where life cooks itself. |
| Biology: from macromolecule to body | Cell | (Evo) Biology | Fits |  | Varyy |  | Minimal unit of life: entangled parameters. |
| Biology: from macromolecule to body | Tissue | (Evo) Devo Biology | GynoPrimarism |  | Souls |  | A set of cells of the same kind: development as accelerated evolution. |
| Biology: from macromolecule to body | Organ | (Evo) Physiology | PreMortem |  | Sensy |  | Emergent function of coordinated tissues. |
| Biology: from macromolecule to body | Systems | (Evo) Anatomy | BioNumbers | BiSystem, SystemBridge, Dremagine | PracSys |  | Bi-coupled systems: networks that hold each other up. |
| The pivot: ORGANISM | ORGANISM | CONFLUENTISM | ORIGINAL |  | Confluenty |  | The whole body as confluence: pivot of the map. |
| Linguistics: from sound to sense |  | (Bio)Linguistics | Outher | Art | Raty |  |  |
| Linguistics: from sound to sense |  | Phonology | OuterSystems |  | Frotis |  |  |
| Linguistics: from sound to sense |  | Phonetics | proSODY |  | Lovy |  |  |
| Linguistics: from sound to sense |  | Semantics | Symbionimity | Intensonim, Foxyholon | Linky |  |  |
| Linguistics: from sound to sense |  | MorphoSyntax | Verbon |  | Comby |  |  |
| Linguistics: from sound to sense |  | Epistemology | HyperGraph | Wise | Wisy | Raty |  |
| Psycosocial: from psyche to polis |  | (Evo) Psychology | Gynophilias |  | Psicy | MyFamily, Parenty, Crumbly, Evily, Daty, Hoty |  |
| Psycosocial: from psyche to polis |  | (Evo) Sociology | Freedom |  | Socy |  |  |
| Psycosocial: from psyche to polis |  | Media | LowAI |  | Blogy |  |  |
| Psycosocial: from psyche to polis |  | Legal | FreeData |  | Trusty |  |  |
| Psycosocial: from psyche to polis |  | Politics | ProportionalGov |  | Liberada |  |  |
| Psycosocial: from psyche to polis |  | Military | Fire&Else |  | Wizy |  |  |
| Relational economy |  | Economy | Chain |  | Lowy |  |  |
| Relational economy |  | Mining | Ecology |  | Worthing |  |  |
| Relational economy |  | Manufacture | CrowdCrafting |  | Crafty |  |  |
| Relational economy |  | Marketing | Offer |  | Dealy | Wanty, Inventary |  |
| Relational economy |  | Gift | Wish |  | Freed |  |  |
| Relational economy |  | Share | Shary |  | Shary |  |  |
| Relational economy |  | Exchange | Credit |  | Rewardy |  |  |

The top-level categories are the spine; see `theory/papers/` for one synthesis
paper per top-level category. (Rows below the ORGANISM pivot carry no *substance*
cell in the source, so those cells are blank.)

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## 4. UX patterns harvested across the family

Small, smart ideas that recur and define the family's usability identity:

- **Tabs / reveals without JS** — radio/checkbox + `:has()` / sibling selectors.
- **Live as-you-type filtering.**
- **Speech-to-text mic buttons** wherever there is a textarea (Web Speech API).
- **Heart-toggle** to mark "this counts".
- **Reward chips** (★ merit, ⛁ resources, € money) — the gift-economy vocabulary.
- **Native share + clipboard** as the default action bar.
- **Magic combine** — pick N items, get a generated phrase.
- **Wizard `ⓘ` info popups** for inline context.
- **Live "global selected" footer** — a persistent strip showing the current choices.

These are framed by a shared header/footer (`.flove-bar`), not replaced.

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## 5. External references

- **flove.org** — main site (WordPress, light theme, Cardo + Inter).
- **demos.flove.org** — public hosting of the apps.
- **codeberg.org/Flove/FloveAll** — the ~2 GB source archive (numbered by
  the *whole* taxonomy: `0METAPHYSICS/`, `1SCIENCE/`, `2BIOLOGY/`,
  `3LINGUISTICS/`, `4PSICOSOCIAL/`, `Apps/`, `Packs/`…). Each topic folder
  typically holds a PDF + slide deck + MP3 narration + MP4 — the same idea
  in multiple modalities.
- **codeberg.org/FloveDocs/** — additional docs orgs.
- **lowai.org** — sister project: "low-tech principles applied to AI".

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## 6. The ethos in one line

flove ≈ *make small relational tools, in many modalities, that quietly
add up to a worldview*. The apps are not products; they're **postures** —
each one a way of asking "what is in your love?" in a different substance.


