## Defining Our Terms - **state** (lowercase): Society's current condition or status—the collective memory and context that forms our shared reality. - **State** (uppercase): The tribe, kingdom, or nation bound together by their shared state. There are three distinct layers of state within a State. All of these delineations together encompass the **state**: - **public state**: The public record, accessible to everyone, which the State propagates and uses to keep track of its current state. - **semi-private state**: The non-public shared context within subgroups, such as: families, friends, or organizations. - **private state**: An individual's current condition or status—the internal record unique to each person.  **state that binds (STB):** Refers to the state which binds our realities together and forms a shared reality (which is reached through a consensus). The STB phenomenon gravitationally pulls people together into a singular context, it has an energetic power and gravitational pull to it. - It is reached through a form of consensus and almost synonymous with shared reality itself (except conceptualized as a mutating object and place). - Individuals are pulled to the STB gravitationally from their individual realities, as a way to coordinate. - The gravitational pull and power of a STB (expands) and (contracts) based on the strength of the shared reality. ## (S)synchronized (S)states There are two distinct things we are talking about when discussing Synchronized States. **synchronized states** – can synchronize a state for a community, binding them to a shared reality, but not fulfilling all the essential functions to bind a State. **Synchronized States** – can synchronize a community, binding them to a shared reality, and fulfill all the essential functions to bind a State. All Synchronized States are synchronized states, but not all synchronized states are Synchronized States.