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Endurance Asymmetry

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Institutions can persist indefinitely; humans cannot.

Definition

Institutions can persist indefinitely; humans cannot. This makes delay an allocation mechanism.

Endurance asymmetry underwrites continuity privilege and punitive friction.

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Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. (2026). Endurance Asymmetry. Ethotechnics glossary. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/endurance-asymmetry

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Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Endurance Asymmetry." Ethotechnics glossary, 2026, https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/endurance-asymmetry.

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Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Endurance Asymmetry." Ethotechnics glossary. Jan 9, 2026. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/endurance-asymmetry.

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@misc{glossary_endurance-asymmetry,
  title={Endurance Asymmetry},
  author={Ethotechnics Institute Research Team},
  year={2026},
  howpublished={Ethotechnics glossary},
  url={https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/endurance-asymmetry},
  version={v1.1.0}
}

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  • Published: Dec 3, 2025
  • Last updated: Jan 9, 2026
  • Version: v1.1.0
  • DOI: Pending Zenodo deposit

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  • v1.1.0 · 2026-01-09 — Expanded scholarly metadata, operational tests, and provenance notes.
  • v1.0.0 · 2025-12-03 — Initial glossary release with stable permalinks.