Structural Compression Theory: A Unified Information-Theoretic Account of Organizational Dysfunction, AI Training Dynamics, and Substrate-Independent Communication Failure

Structural Compression Theory: A Unified Information-Theoretic Account of Organizational Dysfunction, Creativity, and Substrate-Independent Selection Dynamics. Final edition: 22 chapters, 318 pages, 75K words. Comprehensive editorial revision addressing feedback from 9-reviewer panel (org theory, information theory, ML/interpretability, MIT Press editor, 4 style reviewers). ALFS-Prime style pass applied. Prediction scorecard (8/8 confirmed). Five applied predictions demonstrating generative power. Entanglement reframed as diagnostic of compression strategy. All self-referential navigation eliminated. Opening stories: Phoenix VA, Archer Blood telegram, Operation Cat Drop (Borneo), Great Hanoi Rat Massacre, Vera Plares nursing home case. Story deduplication: unique case studies across companion works. Bhopal replaces Challenger for normalization of deviance. Gated pipeline experiment compressed to data+analysis with narrative in companion volume.