Fear Dial estimate coding spreadsheet
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File: fear-dial-coding.csv
Technologies: 67
Generated by: scripts/build-fear-dial-coding.js

WHAT THE FEAR DIAL ESTIMATE IS
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Column dial is the Fear Dial estimate (0-5): intensity of LEARNING /
COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENT panic only - claims that a technology would harm memory,
attention, literacy, reasoning, or skill formation.

It is NOT a combined score of all fears. Morality, health, and public-order panics
are recorded in separate columns and do not raise the dial by themselves
(e.g. Dungeons & Dragons can be a large morality panic with dial 0).

ORDINAL SCALE (0-5)
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0 none     - no meaningful learning/cognitive panic (use 0 when there is really no fear)
1 trace    - documented learning/cognitive claim, but negligible reach / no campaign
2 low      - documented worry; limited reach or short-lived
3 moderate - clear public learning panic; broad press / parental concern
4 high     - major multi-institution panic with durable schooling consequences
5 severe   - mass panic with lasting settlement, prohibition, or system-wide struggle

Current coding counts for this file: 0=37, 2=18, 3=9, 4=1, 5=2.
No technology is currently coded 1; existing estimates were left unchanged so site
charts and Pattern conclusions stay the same.

HOW EACH ESTIMATE WAS DETERMINED (not a formula)
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1. Confirm whether contemporaneous LEARNING/cognitive claims are in scope
   (see column learning = Yes / Partial / No). If learning = No, dial must be 0.
2. Rate five checklist observables (Low / Mid / High):
   claim_clarity, public_reach, duration, institutional_response, learning_centrality
3. Map that profile to 0-5 using the anchors above.
4. Prefer the lower score when between levels unless a lasting multi-institution
   settlement is documented.
5. Cross-check neighboring technologies for stable relative order.

COLUMNS FOR EVALUATING A DIAL NUMBER
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dial                 - Fear Dial estimate (0-5) from data.json
learning             - Yes / Partial / No learning-fear code
claim_clarity …      - five checklist components
checklist_profile    - same five in one field
site_notes           - timeline card notes (claim context)
site_negative_claim  - documented cognitive/learning harm claim summary
site_references      - short citations used on the site card
dial_justification   - one-sentence mapping reason
dial_evidence        - per-technology audit trail combining the above
                       (use this column to judge whether dial looks right)

WHAT IS AUTHORITATIVE (from data.json)
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id, name, era, origin_year, impact_year
learning, morality, health, public_order
dial, control, engines, transformed, has_panic, is_quiet_transformer, is_added
site_notes, site_negative_claim, site_references

WHAT WAS CODED RETROSPECTIVELY
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claim_clarity, public_reach, duration, institutional_response, learning_centrality
checklist_profile, dial_justification, dial_evidence

Scope and scale definitions live in this README (not repeated in every CSV row).

Regenerate after editing CHECKLIST in the build script or data.json:
  node scripts/build-fear-dial-coding.js