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status: DRAFT — do not publish until framework has working code + examples
target: LinkedIn
tone: Thought leadership — present THO as a new idea, invite discussion
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# LinkedIn Post Draft — High Noon Announcement

## Short Version (~200 words)

We classify software by what it's built with — Python, React, microservices.

But what if we classified it by what it's built *for*?

I've been developing a framework called Teleological Hedonic Optimization (THO) that classifies software by the human purposes it serves — not the technology it uses.

The core idea: every piece of software ultimately serves one or more basic human needs (nourishment, shelter, health, connection, growth, recreation). The framework measures both the *quality* of that purpose fulfillment and the *full cost* of achieving it — across financial, temporal, social, and environmental dimensions.

It draws on validated federal taxonomies: the BLS American Time Use Survey (how humans spend time), MIT's Living Wage Calculator (what humans need), and the CPI's hedonic quality adjustment methodology (how to measure value).

The tool is called High Noon. It's early — pre-alpha, open source, and looking for thinkers who care about measuring what software actually does for people.

GitHub: github.com/altpath-ai/highnoon
PyPI: pip install highnoon

Inspired by Drew Breunig's work on Spec-Driven Development and the question it left open: specs tell you *what* to build. But who asks *why*?

#software #opensource #framework #purpose
