# Map

_Mykyta Zagamula; edited with AI assistance · updated 2026-09-13_

Knowledge, life, the human being and society form a network of dependencies. The map helps you find questions by field and see which directions our corpus has not yet reached.

Questions exist in 16/31.

## 1. Matter

- Physics — not covered
- Energy — not covered
- Materials — not covered
- Climate — not covered
- Space — not covered

## 2. Life

- **Genetics** — Should we create new intelligent beings? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/creating-minds/)
- Biology — not covered
- Medicine — not covered
- **Ageing** — What makes a life good? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/good-life/)
- Synthetic biology — not covered

## 3. Mind

- **Consciousness** — Is non-biological consciousness possible? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/consciousness-substrate/)
- **Artificial intelligence** — Can an AI have moral standing? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/ai-moral-status/); How far does understanding lag in funding? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/funding-asymmetry/)
- **Creating minds** — Should we create new intelligent beings? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/creating-minds/)
- **Neuroscience** — Is non-biological consciousness possible? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/consciousness-substrate/)
- Cognitive science — not covered

## 4. The human being

- **Personhood** — What preserves a person through bodily change? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/identity-body/)
- **The body** — What preserves a person through bodily change? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/identity-body/); How to describe attraction with changeable bodies? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/orientation-morphology/)
- **Identity** — How to describe attraction with changeable bodies? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/orientation-morphology/)
- **Wellbeing** — What makes a life good? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/good-life/)
- The psyche — not covered

## 5. Society

- **Morality** — When does a moral category stop working? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/moral-categories/); Can an AI have moral standing? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/ai-moral-status/)
- **Family** — How should family institutions be rethought? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/marriage-architecture/)
- **Law** — How should family institutions be rethought? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/marriage-architecture/)
- Education — not covered
- Culture — not covered
- Communication — not covered

## 6. Civilisation

- **Resource allocation** — How far does understanding lag in funding? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/funding-asymmetry/)
- **Science of science** — How far does understanding lag in funding? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/funding-asymmetry/)
- **Institutions** — How should family institutions be rethought? (https://synchronism.top/en/questions/marriage-architecture/)
- Economy — not covered
- Governance — not covered

The presence of a question means only that work on the field has begun. This map shows the coverage of the corpus; assessing a civilizational lag requires separate criteria and data.

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