The Human Anchor - Unearth Heritage Foundry Lexicon

The Primacy of Provenance

In the Synthetocene, content is infinite and cheap. The only scarcity is Provenance—the verifiable history of an asset's origin. The Human Anchor is not just a "creator" but the source of this provenance. Google's E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trust) is essentially an algorithmic search for the Human Anchor.

The Extended Mind

We do not reject AI; we reject the "abdication of authorship." Following the philosophy of the Extended Mind (Clark & Chalmers), we view AI not as a replacement but as a cognitive prosthetic. The Integrated Steward uses AI to amplify their intent, not to replace it.

The Generative Dance

The relationship between the Human Anchor and the AI is a "symbiotic loop" of curation and generation. The human provides the "Why" (Intent); the machine provides the "What" (Scale); the human refines with "Taste" (Curation).

Primary Source / Field Note The Human Anchor: AI, Curation, and the Primacy of Provenance The foundry thesis defining the "Human Anchor" as the only source of value in the Synthetocene.

Pro-Provenance, Not Anti-AI

The Human Anchor framework is not a Luddite rejection of technology. It reframes the relationship: AI is the "Extended Mind" (a powerful cognitive shovel), but the Human is the Anchor (the one who decides where to dig). Without the Anchor, the tool just produces noise.

Field Notes

The New SEO: Even algorithmic giants like Google are frantically searching for the Human Anchor. Their shift to "E-E-A-T" (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness) is essentially a programmatic hunt for human provenance.

Primary Source / Field Note The Human Anchor: AI, Curation, and the Primacy of Provenance Read the foundational essay on the "Crisis of Authenticity" and the role of provenance in the Synthetocene.