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      {"label":"Argument","title":"Friction deserves its own analysis.","description":"A public essay sets out contextual constraints, counterarguments, the risk of unfalsifiability and comparisons with established models. The synthesis is a proposal, not a validated theory.","url":"https://identityaction.sahiltayal.com/"},
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