AIM Framework glossary
PM Production Cost Asymmetry
Canonical definition
The PM Production Cost Asymmetry is the Salience Substitution Principle's channel-gate cost term: ongoing intrinsically driven emission spends the Individual's own effort and resources (practice, craft, materials, tools), and a single transgressive act draws maximum Salience without spending those resources. Valence-Neutral Status ensures both return equivalent Mimetic Premium once integrated.
Explanation
It costs far more of a person's own effort, materials, tools, practice and craft to become noticed by making something than by performing one act that draws attention. The brain's Status-tracking system does not distinguish the two once the notice arrives.
Epistemic status
Framework-Specific Construct.
Derivation
Related terms
- Salience Substitution Principle
- Valence-Neutral Status
- Mimetic Premium (PM)
- Common-Currency Integration