Research Origins

This research began with a simple question:

Why do we understand more and more, yet find it harder and harder to change?

Over the past few decades, humanity has accumulated unprecedented knowledge. Yet anxiety has not diminished, disorientation has not decreased, and crises of meaning have become increasingly common. WCAT's research begins precisely here.

Core Questions

The questions addressed by WCAT and CMC span cognitive science, psychology, philosophy, education, and AI research:

  • What is volition?
  • Why is change so difficult?
  • How does meaning arise, and why does it collapse?
  • Are there identifiable pathways for individual structural transitions?
  • What is the relationship between individual consciousness and structures at the civilizational scale?
Project Timeline
2023
Began systematically organizing research notes; formed early conceptual framework.
2024
Developed the initial WCAT framework; began drafting theoretical white papers.
2025
Completed The Short History of Will, WCAT White Paper, and CMC White Paper.
2026
Launched the scale program, case program, and long-term follow-up program. Official site opened.
2027+
Continuing: experimental collaboration, database construction, theory verification.
Long-term Vision

The aim is to build an open case database, a long-term tracking sample pool, and a cross-disciplinary research network. The goal is not to prove this theory correct, but to understand more accurately how humans change.

Phase I
2025–2027
  • Framework stabilization
  • Scale system established
  • 100+ cases collected
Phase II
2027–2030
  • Long-term tracking data
  • Experimental collaboration begins
  • 1,000+ cases
Phase III
2030–2035
  • Open database
  • International academic collaboration
  • Interdisciplinary research network
Phase IV
2035+
  • Applications in education
  • AI collaborative research
  • Research on organizational and civilizational governance
Published Works
The Short History of WillSerializing →
The Short History of ConsciousnessSerializing →
WCAT White Paperv1.2 →
CMC White Paperv1.0 →
Scale System / Case Research ProgramCase Archive →
About the Researcher
Jiawei

An independent researcher. Years of sustained writing, documentation, and case observation gradually developed into the WCAT and CMC frameworks — still being revised.

Currently unaffiliated with any academic institution. This independent research is grounded primarily in long-term personal observation and iterative reflection. Methodological foundations include cognitive science, complex systems theory, and phenomenological interviewing — though the framework does not belong to any single discipline.

This body of observation continues to evolve. People from all backgrounds are welcome to discuss, examine, and challenge it.

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