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name: thinker-herman-daly
description: Apply the Herman Daly and the Steady-State Constraint article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Herman Daly and the Steady-State Constraint

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/thinker-herman-daly). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/thinker-herman-daly.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/thinker-herman-daly/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What Herman Daly Saw Herman Daly saw an economy that treats the biosphere as an infinite source and sink. He traced the flows of matter and energy through production and consumption. He observed that these flows obey the laws of thermodynam

## Representations

- Human: /a/thinker-herman-daly
- JSON: /api/articles/thinker-herman-daly
- Relationships: /api/articles/thinker-herman-daly/topology
- History: /api/articles/thinker-herman-daly/revisions
