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Advancing Human Systems Understanding

Exploring the triadic relationship between nature, consciousness, and environment through rigorous theoretical frameworks and empirical analysis.

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About R.D. Kitcey

R.D. Kitcey is a theoretical researcher specializing in human systems dynamics, consciousness studies, and the intersection of symbolic systems with physical reality. His work integrates insights from cognitive science, philosophy, economics, and ecology to develop comprehensive frameworks for understanding human behavior and societal patterns.

Research Focus

Developing integrated theoretical frameworks that explain how biological embodiment, narrative consciousness, and environmental scaffolding interact to shape human experience and collective behavior.

Methodological Approach

Combining pattern recognition, framework formalization, diagnostic synthesis, and prescriptive design to create actionable insights for addressing complex human systems challenges.

Featured Research

The NiCE Framework

The Nature-Consciousness-Environment (NiCE) Framework represents a comprehensive triadic systems approach to understanding human dynamics. This framework proposes that human nature, consciousness, and environment are inseparably interdependent, with symbolic systems—particularly money—having decoupled from physical reality, creating cascading pathologies across individual psychology, institutional function, and ecological sustainability.

Key theoretical contributions include the Asymmetric Propagation Law, the Great Inversion, and the Insanity Quotient, which together provide diagnostic and prescriptive tools for addressing systemic dysfunction.

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Major Publications

The Human Paradigm

2025 • Version 1.8.4 • 251 pages

A comprehensive treatment of the NiCE Framework with detailed theoretical foundations, constraint frameworks (FORCES, GRAVITY, ANCHORS, PRIMES), and practical applications across multiple domains.

Intellectual Progression

2026 • Version 0.71 • 218 pages

Advanced analytical treatment tracing the intellectual journey through pattern recognition, framework formalization, diagnostic synthesis, and prescriptive design phases.

The Human Essence

2024 • Version 0.9 • 153 pages

An AI-assisted perspective on human nature examining cognitive architecture, social behavior, cultural evolution, and meaning-making processes through computational methodologies.

Get in Touch

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Or email directly: rkitcey@lernaen.org