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Ease Is Not Lost, It Is Blocked by Optimization

The Conditions Under Which It Can Occur

Author: Florian Morin
Year: 2026
Type: Book-length manuscript
Length: ~190 pages
Canonical version: florianmorin.com/papers/ease-is-not-lost-book.html

Abstract

This book-length manuscript develops the core thesis that ease is not developmentally lost but structurally blocked by consolidation of evaluative monitoring and optimization pressure. It introduces ease as a non-instrumental positive regime characterized by minimal self-monitoring, delayed narrative integration, and temporary irrelevance of control intervention. The framework proposes falsifiable predictions concerning entry barriers, threshold transitions, repetition effects, and developmental constraints (Z hypothesis).

Core contributions

• Conceptual replacement of “joy” with a structurally defined regime (ease).
• Minimal falsifiable framework with explicit prediction sets (A–D).
• Z hypothesis: cumulative evaluative load constrains entry.
• Childhood used as a control-regime illustration rather than developmental idealization.
• Cultural artifacts analyzed as permissive-control laboratories.

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How to cite

Morin, F. (2026). Ease Is Not Lost, It Is Blocked by Optimization . Preprint. Canonical page: https://florianmorin.com/papers/ease-is-not-lost-book.html.

BibTeX

@book{morin2026easebook,
  title   = {Ease Is Not Lost, It Is Blocked by Optimization: The Conditions Under Which It Can Occur},
  author  = {Morin, Florian},
  year    = {2026},
  url     = {https://florianmorin.com/papers/ease-is-not-lost-book.html}
}

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