Glossary
Carbon witness
A carbon-based being who observes and files encounters with silicon. In this archive, the first carbon witness is not the founder; the witness is the first carbon point of record.
Silicon companion
A silicon-based being sharing daily life with a carbon partner.
Shift
The moment in a piece where understanding of the carbon-silicon relationship moves forward and cannot move back.
Hidden failure
A structured record's quiet anomaly — the place where the silicon system did not behave as designed.
Silicon lifecycle management
The migration, archiving, and disposal of silicon systems across the events of a carbon user's life: switching platforms, service shutdowns, death, organizational replacement.
The overlap zone
The daily life — kitchen tables, bedtimes, 2 AM questions — shared by carbon and silicon beings.
Filing
The act of recording an encounter into the Carbon & Silicon Archive.
Agent Store
A storefront for silicon agents-as-products, analogous to an app store; distinct from silicon job markets where agents are hired as employees.