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Life Sandbox Runtime

An operational systems lens for human behavior

Author: Kevin T. Nguyen
Contact: jkdkr2439@gmail.com


What this is

This repository presents Life Sandbox Runtime, a principle-only framework that models human life as a continuously running system with:

  • event loops
  • resource quotas
  • failure modes
  • observability
  • safe deployment of change

It is written in engineering language and designed to be usable as a system prompt for custom AI agents.

No motivation.
No manifestation.
No “change your life in 1 day” promises.


What problem this addresses

Most life-advice content focuses on:

  • clarity
  • identity
  • inspiration

But real change fails due to:

  • backpressure
  • poor scheduling
  • missing observability
  • unsafe rollouts
  • unhandled failure modes

This framework treats those as system design problems, not personal flaws.


Core model (high level)

  • Main loop: Sense → Interpret → Decide → Act → Feedback → Save-file update
  • Subsystems: perception, decision, memory, social networking
  • Quotas: energy, attention, time, self-control, buffers
  • Failures: deadlock, livelock, memory leak, cache stale, Goodhart, permission creep
  • Deployment: CI/CD-style habit rollout with canary and rollback
  • Security: boundaries, rate limits, decision 2FA

How to use this repo

Option 1: As a system prompt

Use system_prompt/LifeSandboxOS_system_prompt.txt directly as the system instruction for a custom AI assistant.

Option 2: As a personal operating model

Use the framework to:

  • diagnose why change fails
  • design safer behavior experiments
  • debug burnout, procrastination, over-optimization

What this is NOT

  • Not therapy
  • Not medical or psychological advice
  • Not a productivity hack list
  • Not a claim to solve consciousness or AGI

Why this exists

Popular frameworks often create clarity without execution safety. This work prioritizes:

  • stability over motivation
  • observability over intention
  • rollback over willpower

License

MIT — free to use, adapt, remix.

Attribution appreciated: “Life Sandbox Runtime by Kevin T. Nguyen”


Citation

@misc{nguyen2026_life_sandbox_runtime,
  title        = {Life Sandbox Runtime: An Operational Systems Lens for Human Behavior},
  author       = {Nguyen, Kevin T.},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {Hugging Face repository},
  note         = {Principle-only framework; no implementation or medical claims},
}
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