flowchart TB
Human((Human Imagination)) <-->|co-author| AI((AI as Collaborator))
AI --> Aesthetics[Planetary Aesthetics]
AI --> Story[Synthetic Myth]
Aesthetics -->|risk| Commodify[/Commodification/]
Aesthetics -->|gift| Wonder[(Wonder)]
Story -->|risk| Manipulate[/Synthetic Propaganda/]
Story -->|gift| Continuity[(Continuity)]
Wonder --> Civilization
Continuity --> Civilization
Two co-creators (human + AI) generate aesthetics and story; each carries a benevolent path (wonder / continuity) and a degenerate path (commodification / manipulation). Anchored to Chapter 3 and Chapter 4.