Form of Life a public ethics instrument
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Relational Spectrums

Monosex Polysex
Monolove Polylove
Opacity Transparency
Agreements Improvisation
Closedness (to new relationships) Openness
Union Independence
Desire for longevityLongevity Desire for transienceTransience

What this instrument holds

The spectrums come from a poster that laid them out flat, side by side, as if each could be chosen independently. Lived arrangements rarely work that way: an agreement to more transparency tends to open other doors; a pull toward independence changes what longevity can mean. The threads are the honest part — they are where a configuration stops being seven separate answers and becomes one shape.

Nothing here ranks arrangements. A tightly woven shape is not more advanced than an untangled one, and a position near either pole is not a diagnosis. The instrument only asks that the parts be stated together, so their agreements and their strains are visible in the same place.