Mind the Gap
Change Log v1.5 · V62 → V69
28 May 2026
Current baseline
MTG_Manuscript_V69.docx — clean, all tracked changes accepted. 45,716 words. 15 chapters. UK English en-GB. Ch 6 fully rebuilt (gold). Ch 4 carries new 'Its Language' subsection and de-numbered headings. 76m authority passage rehomed in Ch 9 Room Three. Title page aligned to cover. Crewe Q&A formatted.
Version-by-version record
|
Version |
Mode |
Change |
Note |
|
V63 |
Structural |
Ch4 new 'Its Language' subsection (Dreams + Atomics2/gender, launch-tweet close). Ch2 Atomics2 removed + bridge line added. Ch6 'Dreaming' removed. |
The vocabulary/gender argument anchored in Ch4; Ch2 now single-direction |
|
V64 |
Structural rebuild |
Ch6 root-and-branch: Conversation Timeline cut (best line folded to Dangerous Zone), two therapy parallels merged into one Clinical Parallel (reliving fragment repaired), Dangerous Zone promoted to climax with new opener. |
8 subsections → 5. Red-flag chapter resolved |
|
V65 |
Tracked |
Ch4 six subsection headings de-numbered to match book style. |
Its Language already unnumbered; now all seven consistent |
|
V66 |
Structural |
76m/97-Bibles authority passage lifted from Ch6 to Ch9 Room Three (new opener). Sizing the Window heading deleted. Window-size + 'feeling of infinite' kept as bridge in Ch6. |
Completes the Ch6 rebuild; authority lands where it belongs |
|
V67 |
Tracked (blemishes) |
B1: 4 Ch9 Room headings bolded. B2: Ch5 'Clinical Parallel' → 'The Clinical Parallel: Holding the Thread'. B4: 14 numeral chapter refs → words. B3: deliberate no-action on Ch6 bridge paras. |
No pre-approval per Paul; all cross-refs verified |
|
V68 |
Tracked |
Title page subtitle updated to match cover: two lines — 'The one hiding in plain sight' / 'Between artificial intelligence behaviour and human behaviour.' |
Inside now matches outside |
|
V69 |
Tracked |
Ch5 Crewe Q&A formatted: 7 human questions bolded, machine answers plain. 'Confidently. Fluently. Incorrectly.' split to its own narration line. |
Bold-question dialogue device — first use in book |
Word count trajectory
|
V62 |
V63 |
V64 |
V65 |
V66 |
V67 |
V68 |
V69 |
|
45,768 |
45,972 |
45,782 |
45,776 |
45,712 |
45,712 |
45,716 |
45,716 |
Note: word count remarkably stable (±260) across heavy restructuring — material moved and merged, not bloated.