EVIDENCE BY CHAPTER
Evidence records connected to this chapter of The Human OS Manual.
The entries below follow the chapter’s printed endnotes into the digital Evidence Map.
The printed notes preserve the source trail attached to the first edition. The digital record adds a current interpretation of what the evidence supports, what it does not establish, and whether anything has changed since publication.
Strong human evidence
Community Meta-Layer · Adaptation System
Book reference: The quality of social relationships is strongly associated with long-term health and mortality risk., Social relationships are associated with health and survival, not only emotional support., social relationships and health., Social relationships and healthy aging.
Last reviewed: August 11, 2026
Emerging or mechanistic evidence
Community Meta-Layer · State System
Book reference: Social proximity can reduce threat response and the regulatory cost of facing difficulty alone., Close social connection can reduce how much threat and effort one body carries alone.
Last reviewed: August 11, 2026
The book chapter carries the argument. These entries preserve the evidence trail attached to its specific claims.