---
id: "axiom_compendium_002"
category: "general"
confidence: 0.99
date: "2026-02-20"
source_file: "genesis_compendium_8e2a_epochs_3_9"
---

# axiom_compendium_002

State must never be arbitrarily overwritten. Every action, decision, and agent dispatch must be written as an immutable JSON event to an append-only PostgreSQL Event Ledger. Current reality is deterministically reconstructed by replaying the log, never by holding mutable state.
