Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Black Quantum Futurism: Theory and Practice
Phillips's 2015 founding text of Black Quantum Futurism
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Black Quantum Futurism: Theory and Practice (Late) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Non-Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Bi-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Non-Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Space Instance | Multiple |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Total |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Both |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | Non-Theistic |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Tradition |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Reversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Relational |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Conserved |
| Information · Granularity | Continuous |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Black Quantum Futurism: Theory and Practice
Non-linear Black temporal practice.
Space
Black Quantum Futurism: Theory and Practice
The Afrodiasporic space.
Matter
Black Quantum Futurism: Theory and Practice
The embodied Black creator.
Observer
Black Quantum Futurism: Theory and Practice
The Black-futurist temporal practitioner.
Energy
Black Quantum Futurism: Theory and Practice
Energies of temporal resistance.
Information
Black Quantum Futurism: Theory and Practice
Quantum-physical and Afrodiasporic temporal patterns.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
Phillips's Black Quantum Futurism: founding text of an active collective; foundational for twenty-first-century Afrofuturism.