Dual-Order Stability and Civilizational SelfConsumption A Structural Framework for AI-Governed Civilizational Systems

As artificial intelligence and algorithmic systems increasingly govern large-scale social, economic, and technical processes, civilizational stability can no longer be evaluated solely in terms of performance, efficiency, or intelligence. This work proposes a minimal, domain-agnostic stability framework based on a dual-order structure: an operational order responsible for execution and amplification, and an irreducible constraint order responsible for judgment, correction, and legitimacy. We formally show that civilizational instability arises not from insufficient intelligence, but from structural violations of dual-order separation, including order substitution, temporal decoupling, and unconstrained…