# High Noon

**Teleological Hedonic Optimization (THO)** — a purpose classification framework for software and human activity.

## What is this?

High Noon is a framework for classifying software by the **human purposes** it serves, not the technology it uses. It measures the hedonic quality of purpose fulfillment and the full cost of achievement across financial, temporal, social, and environmental dimensions.

### Core Concepts

- **HTC** (Hedonic Teleology Classification) — What human purpose does this software serve, and at what quality?
- **HQC** (Hedonic Quality Cost) — What does it cost to achieve that purpose, across every dimension?
- **HQCM** (Hedonic Quality Cost Modifier) — How does the software change each cost, for whom, and when?
- **HTA** (Hedonic Teleology Assessment) — The evaluation process that produces HTCs and HQCs
- **TCS** (Teleological Classification System) — The taxonomy of human purposes, grounded in empirical data

### Grounded in empirical research

The classification system is built on validated federal and academic taxonomies:

- **ATUS** (American Time Use Survey) — BLS classification of how humans spend time
- **MIT Living Wage Calculator** — Essential human needs and expenditure categories
- **BLS CPI** — Hedonic quality adjustment methodology for measuring value

## Status

Pre-alpha. The framework is under active conceptual development.

## License

MIT
