Precedents.

The chair is a figure. The apparatus is real. These are the four well-documented cases the main essay's § VI names. Each is a deployment, today, of a subsystem the chair integrates.

1. 01
   Meta · Emotional Contagion (2014)

   The Desire Engine, operating at population scale, openly.
   Desire Engine · 2014
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2. 02
   TikTok · Cadence Engine

   The Affective Signal Translator, deployed at population scale.
   Affective Signal Translator · 2017 →
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3. 03
   Pornhub · Preference Assignment

   The Desire Engine, on the most intimate possible variable.
   Desire Engine · ≈ 2018 →
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4. 04
   China · Social Credit System

   The Compliance Monitor, in state form.
   Compliance Monitor · 2014 →
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