The Paget-Kardashev Scale

Modern physics demands a move beyond 20th-century linear scaling. This paper introduces the Paget-Kardashev Scale, a grounded, non-linear framework that replaces raw energy metrics with a peformance-based (+/-) decimal system. Paying homage to contemporary Neo-Kardashev models, as well as: integration of the Barrow Scale, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, Special Relativity, as well as biological/social mastery, this model addresses the fundamental problems regarding energy consumption beyond that of type 2 civilisations, and posits that civilizational advancement is reversible and inherently unstable during high-energy transitions (0 to -1/-1 to +1/+1 to -2/-2 to +2), where risk scales by orders of magnitude alongside power consumption. If any paper disproves or discovers a physically consistent model at such coherent scales like a Type III civilisation, under thermodynamics, relativity, uncertainty and chaos. Then I will update this framework to incorporate it, if not, under currently accepted physics, this represents a hard upper bound. If a consistent alternative exists, I’m open to it, but it has to work within those constraints. Any true Type +1 status and beyond is not merely achieved through energy capture, but through the mapping of native neurology to efficiently reduce any levels of systemic fragility within a civilizations cognitive error, and outgrowing tribal geopolitics if we're ever going to consider scaling to a Planetary-scale(+1/-2) or Stellar-scale (-2/+2) civilization. I can be reached on: jackpaget2020@outlook.com