Trust centers are energy wells. Moving between them costs energy. Click to drop a ball — watch it roll toward the nearest safe basin.
What you're seeing: A 2D energy landscape with multiple "trust wells" — safe basins of operation.
Each well represents a valid operational mode (ALLOW, READ, WRITE, ADMIN). The landscape between wells
has energy barriers — crossing from one mode to another costs energy proportional to the barrier height.
The physics: The ball obeys Hamiltonian mechanics. It rolls downhill, has momentum, and
loses energy to friction. If you drop it IN a well, it settles quickly. If you drop it ON a barrier,
it takes longer and may oscillate. If you drop it FAR from all wells, it enters an "untrusted" state.
Security implication: An attacker trying to move from READ access to ADMIN access must
cross the energy barrier between those wells. The barrier height is configurable — higher barriers
make privilege escalation harder. The Hamiltonian CFI (Control Flow Integrity) layer uses this to
detect unauthorized transitions between trust domains.
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