AIM Framework glossary
I-Vacancy
Canonical definition
I-Vacancy is the condition in which Mimetic monopolisation of the valuation field leaves Intrinsic Motivation no perceptible Object to lead, such that Intrinsic interests can be neither seen nor built until the Mimetic scaffold is cleared; it is a vacancy of conceptual access and cultivation, not of innate capacity.
Explanation
I-Vacancy names what happens when chasing status or accumulation has taken over so completely that a person cannot even notice, let alone develop, the things they would genuinely enjoy for their own sake, not because the capacity is missing, but because nothing else can get through until the Mimetic noise is cleared.
Epistemic status
Framework-Specific Construct.