The six on-screen vitality scores are playful proxies. The one real measurement is causal emergence — shown live as the Live CE meter on the pond, and in full on Measured Mode.
Schools as glowing groups with size labels.
Does the group predict its own future better than the lone fish? Real causal-emergence math, run live — stays small here.
Toy vitality metrics
Playful proxies computed from on-screen behavior — not real causal-emergence math. (The one real measurement is the Live CE meter on the pond above.)
Overall pond liveliness: balanced energy, structure, and few pathologies.
Playful nod to 'the whole coordinating the parts' — how coherently schools move together. Not real effective information.
How many organization scales coexist (lone fish, small schools, big schools). A toy multiscale spread, not a real measure.
How orderly and low-noise the motion looks. A playful gesture at 'clean dynamics', not real reversibility math.
Capacity to bounce back after shocks: healers present, energy in reserve.
How close the pond is to one school swallowing everything. Higher is worse.