Dimensional Sequence Economics in Mixed Markets: Remote Observation, Clustering, and Emergence
From Dyadic Analysis to Group Field

Writing Declaration: This paper was independently authored by Han Qin. All intellectual decisions, framework design, and editorial judgments were made by the author.

Abstract

Papers 1 and 2 in this series conducted dyadic analyses: Paper 1 under the ideal bilateral-15DD condition, Paper 2 under asymmetric 15DD/14DD conditions. This paper extends the framework from dyads to groups. Real economic activity — markets, organizations, industry clusters, institutional ecosystems — is a multi-agent system in which subjects operating at different DD levels mix in varying proportions. The core new element is that 15DD can observe others' interactions with others (remote observation) without direct engagement. This single additional degree of freedom fundamentally changes 15DD's strategy space, signal-accumulation speed, and competitive position within the group.

The paper identifies three relatively stable behavioral tendency clusters in mixed markets: 12DD tendency (the majority — pure calculation, no will-structure for intentional harm), 14DD tendency (the middle group, the most critical — possessing will and non-negotiables but not yet the structural confirmation of the other's purpose, making it the typical source of intentional harm in markets), and 15DD tendency (the minority — perceives others as independent purposive subjects, structurally unable to demote them to pure means). 13DD is analyzed as a high-energy unstable state. The paper argues that this proportional distribution is not natural but systematically manufactured by economics education's interception of the 14DD-to-15DD emergence path. One central constraint runs through the entire analysis: institutions cannot make people grow — they can help those who have already grown find each other, protect them, and punish harmful behavior, but they cannot produce genuine 15DD or bring "we" into being. The paper then develops 15DD's navigation strategy under remote observation, the mechanisms by which 15DD subjects cluster, and the emergent market phenomena that arise when the density of 15DD reaches sufficient levels.

Keywords: Self-as-an-End, economics, mixed markets, 12DD, 14DD, 15DD, remote observation, clustering, emergence, institutional design, DD-level distribution