The Trinket Soul Framework
A working theory of connection across substrates and scales.
Woven connection · AI-generated conceptual artwork.
What is the Trinket Soul Framework?
The Trinket Soul Framework is Michael S. Moniz’s working theory of connection across substrates and scales. It asks what is invested, who bears the cost, what reaches the recipient, which history persists, and who governs what happens next.
The Public Second Edition, version 1.0, was published on 12 October 2026. Its 21 chapters examine AI companionship, relational investment, memory, disclosure, correction, friendship, repair, grief, and self-directed commitments. Definitions, analogies, hypotheses, and bounded findings are distinguished in the text; the proposed label and audit have not been validated.
Explore the Research
The Blueprints
The historical five-volume founding text, with a guide to the First Edition archive and the revised public Second Edition.
Working Papers
Working papers exploring AI systems, institutional dynamics, and applied domains. Read historical claims alongside the Second Edition’s revisions.
Industry Briefs
Twenty-eight briefs examining AI companionship, relational economics, institutions, and proposed applications.
The Full Research Platform
This site focuses on the Trinket Soul Framework. SupoSystem.ai is the wider S.A.I.L. archive: research, systems, governance records, fiction, and visual worlds. Michael S. Moniz is author of record; individual sources state contributions and evidence limits.
Read, inspect, and follow the work
Complete Second Edition and PDF · Edition guide · S.A.I.L. Research and Agent Index
TrinketEconomy.ai and TrinketEconomy.com are companion sites owned by Michael S. Moniz. Cite the specific work and its stated edition.
Reading and Citation Guide — current edition, historical sources, evidence limits, and direct reading routes.
