Part IV — STPA Applied

This part applies System-Theoretic Process Analysis to social systems, using the SE decompositions from Part II as input. STPA reveals that the most harmful outcomes of social systems are not random malfunctions but predictable consequences of their control architecture.

Chapters

• STPA on Religion — Full four-step STPA analysis: losses, control structure, 25 UCAs, 6 loss scenarios
• STPA on Frontier AI — Worked sociotechnical example: 14 controllers, 65 UCAs, 9 loss scenarios, 22 sequenced remedies, applied to the political economy of frontier AI
• Control Structures in Social Systems — Comparing control architectures across the ten systems
• Architectural Remedies — Design principles for safer social systems