cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764958
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 9, no. 17, Nov 23, 1917

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 9, no. 17, November 23, 1917. This exemplar is lacks pages 2-3.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764946
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 9, no. 22, Jan 11, 1918

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 9, no. 22, January 11, 1918.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110765074
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 5, Oct 17, 1919

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 5, October 17, 1919.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110765090
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 8, Oct 23, 1919

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 8, October 23, 1919.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110765108
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 23, Nov 21, 1919

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 23, November 21, 1919.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110763694
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 27, Dec 3, 1919

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 27, December 3, 1919.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110763698
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 28, Dec 4, 1919

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 28, December 4, 1919.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764210
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 22, Mar 18, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 22, March 18, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764216
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 25, Mar 24, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 25, March 24, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764230
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 34, Apr 16, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 34, April 16, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764266
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 48, May 21, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 48, May 21, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764268
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 3, Sep 18, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 3, September 18, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764672
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 7, no. 115, May 11, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 7, no. 115, May 11, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764660
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 7, no. 119, May 18, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 7, no. 119, May 18, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764652
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 7, no. 121, May 23, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 7, no. 121, May 23, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764682
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 7, no. 124, May 26, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 7, no. 124, May 26, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764716
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 14, Oct 11, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 14, October 11, 1916.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.xra5ux
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 0 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Polyplectropus tepequemensis",
 "DecimalLatitude is not null",
 "DecimalLongitude is not null"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 0 records from 0 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0033248-260208012135463/datasets/export for details.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110763770
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 9, no. 28, Nov 1, 1912

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 9, no. 28, November 1, 1912. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-2, 4.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110763780
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 9, no. 42, Nov 27, 1912

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 9, no. 42, November 27, 1912. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-4.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110763766
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 9, no. 46, Dec 6, 1912

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 9, no. 46, December 6, 1912. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-4.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110763792
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 9, no. 51, Dec 17, 1912

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 9, no. 51, December 17, 1912. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-4.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110763804
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 9, no. 64, Jan 22, 1913

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 9, no. 64, January 22, 1913. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-4.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761763
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 54, Feb 17, 1920

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 54, February 17, 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761761
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 64, Mar 4, 1920

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 64, March 4, 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761727
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 67, Mar 10, 1920

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 67, March 10, 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761749
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 70, Mar 15, 1920

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 70, March 15, 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761733
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 73, Mar 19, 1920

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 73, March 19, 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764710
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 17, Oct 17, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 17, October 17, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764706
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 19, Oct 19, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 19, October 19, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764708
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 20, Oct 20, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 20, October 20, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764738
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 22, Oct 25, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 22, October 25, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764722
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 27, Nov 2, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 27, November 2, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764354
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 5, Sep 23, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 5, September 23, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764288
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 6, Sep 24, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 6, September 24, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764290
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 8, Sep 29, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 8, September 29, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764286
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 20, Oct 20, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 20, October 20, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764306
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 22, Oct 22, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 22, October 22, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764316
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 26, Oct 29, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 26, October 29, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764324
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 29, Nov 5, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 29, November 5, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764320
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 33, Nov 12, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 33, November 12, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764340
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 42, Dec 2, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 42, December 2, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764352
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 48, Jan 6, 1915

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 48, January 6, 1915.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761771
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 92, May 7, 1920

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 11, no. 92, May 7, 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761791
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 4, Sep 30, 1920

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 4, September 30, 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761885
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 15, Oct 20, 1920

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 15, October 20, 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761853
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 24, Nov 5, 1920

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 24, November 5, 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761875
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 26, Nov 10, 1920

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 26, November 10, 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764400
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 6, no. 11, Mar 17, 1915

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 6, no. 11, March 17, 1915.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764486
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 6, no. 18, Apr 16, 1915

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 6, no. 18, April 16, 1915.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764416
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 6, no. 27, May 25, 1915

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 6, no. 27, May 25, 1915.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764498
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 7, no. 7, Sep 28, 1915

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 7, no. 7, September 28, 1915.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764474
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 7, no. 20, Oct 20, 1915

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 7, no. 20, October 20, 1915.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764140
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 50, Dec 10, 1913

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 50, December 10, 1913. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-4.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764134
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 56, Jan 6, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 56, January 6, 1914. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-4.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.fu4z47
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 0 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Notidobiella amazoniana",
 "DecimalLatitude is not null",
 "DecimalLongitude is not null"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 0 records from 0 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0033249-260208012135463/datasets/export for details.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764152
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 62, Jan 15, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 62, January 15, 1914. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-3.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764150
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 64, Jan 20, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 64, January 20, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764164
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 65, Jan 21, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 65, January 21, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764742
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 31, Nov 14, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 31, November 14, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764746
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 33, Nov 16, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 33, November 16, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764750
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 36, Nov 22, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 36, November 22, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764776
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 37, Nov 23, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 37, November 23, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764772
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 39, Nov 27, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 39, November 27, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764778
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 40, Nov 28, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 40, November 28, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764760
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 44, Dec 8, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 44, December 8, 1916.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.h2dt7y
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 228 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "OccurrenceStatus is Present",
 "TaxonKey is Stenoninereis"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 228 records from 16 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0033250-260208012135463/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764784
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 48, Dec 15, 1916

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 48, December 15, 1916.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764858
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 54, Jan 12, 1917

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 54, January 12, 1917.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764788
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 55, Jan 16, 1917

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 55, January 16, 1917.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110763956
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 10, no. 33, Apr 18, 1913

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 10, no. 33, April 18, 1913. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 2-4.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110763930
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 10, no. 38, Apr 29, 1913

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 10, no. 38, April 29, 1913. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-4.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110763946
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 10, no. 45, May 9, 1913

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 10, no. 45, May 9, 1913. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-4.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110763998
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 2, Sep 12, 1913

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 2, September 12, 1913. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-4.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110763988
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 3, Sep 16, 1913

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 3, September 16, 1913. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-4.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764174
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 66, Jan 22, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 66, January 22, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764184
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 6, Feb 18, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 6, February 18, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764222
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 29, Apr 8, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 29, April 8, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764234
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 36, Apr 21, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 36, April 21, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764236
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 38, Apr 24, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 4, no. 38, April 24, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761859
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 33, Nov 24, 1920

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 33, November 24, 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761869
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 36, Dec 2, 1920

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 36, December 2, 1920.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761979
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 72, Apr 15, 1921

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 72, April 15, 1921.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761947
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 77, May 4, 1921

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 77, May 4, 1921.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761961
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 81, May 17, 1921

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 12, no. 81, May 17, 1921.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764332
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 38, Nov 20, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 38, November 20, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764342
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 40, Nov 25, 1914

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 5, no. 40, November 25, 1914.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764378
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 6, no. 1, Feb 5, 1915

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 6, no. 1, February 5, 1915.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764386
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 6, no. 7, Mar 2, 1915

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 6, no. 7, March 2, 1915.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764418
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 6, no. 16, Apr 9, 1915

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 6, no. 16, April 9, 1915.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764118
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 9, Sep 25, 1913

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 9, September 25, 1913. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-4.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764074
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 18, Oct 10, 1913

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 18, October 10, 1913. This exemplar lacks uncropped page 1.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764078
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 20, Oct 15, 1913

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 20, October 15, 1913. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-2.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764070
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 24, Oct 22, 1913

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 24, October 22, 1913.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764102
title: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 39, Nov 18, 1913

description: The Daily Southern Californian, vol. 3, no. 39, November 18, 1913. This exemplar lacks uncropped pages 1-4.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.52rw7t
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 95 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Machairocentron",
 "DecimalLatitude is not null",
 "DecimalLongitude is not null"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 95 records from 7 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0033251-260208012135463/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761997
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 13, no. 6, Oct 5, 1921

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 13, no. 6, October 5, 1921.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761981
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 13, no. 7, Oct 7, 1921

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 13, no. 7, October 7, 1921.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110761983
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 13, no. 10, Oct 18, 1921

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 13, no. 10, October 18, 1921.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110762017
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 13, no. 33, Jan 6, 1922

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 13, no. 33, January 6, 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110762019
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 13, no. 35, Jan 12, 1922

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 13, no. 35, January 12, 1922.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764820
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 64, Feb 8, 1917

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 64, February 8, 1917.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764804
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 65, Feb 9, 1917

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 65, February 9, 1917.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764802
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 68, Feb 15, 1917

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 68, February 15, 1917.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.30438176
title: The Optimization Trap: Optimization and System Behavior (Reality Drift Working Paper Series, 2025)

description: This paper examines the concept of the Optimization Trap, a descriptive term used to characterize conditions in which efforts to improve measurable performance begin to interfere with the underlying functions systems are intended to support. Rather than focusing on representation or audience effects, the concept addresses situations in which outputs remain internally coherent while their correspondence to real-world conditions or purposes gradually weakens.The analysis situates the Optimization Trap within broader discussions of metric optimization, efficiency trade-offs, and organizational system behavior, drawing on examples such as loyalty programs that become difficult to interpret, staffing models that reduce operational resilience, and content systems that prioritize engagement signals over relational continuity.Presented as an exploratory working paper, the document offers a conceptual lens for examining how optimization practices influence system fidelity, perception, and meaning in complex mediated environments, without asserting normative judgments about efficiency, intent, or technological design.
DOI: 10.25549/uschist-ouc110764824
title: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 72, Feb 27, 1917

description: The Southern California Trojan, vol. 8, no. 71, February 21, 1917.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.30438176.v3
title: The Optimization Trap: Optimization and System Behavior (Reality Drift Working Paper Series, 2025)

description: This paper examines the concept of the Optimization Trap, a descriptive term used to characterize conditions in which efforts to improve measurable performance begin to interfere with the underlying functions systems are intended to support. Rather than focusing on representation or audience effects, the concept addresses situations in which outputs remain internally coherent while their correspondence to real-world conditions or purposes gradually weakens.The analysis situates the Optimization Trap within broader discussions of metric optimization, efficiency trade-offs, and organizational system behavior, drawing on examples such as loyalty programs that become difficult to interpret, staffing models that reduce operational resilience, and content systems that prioritize engagement signals over relational continuity.Presented as an exploratory working paper, the document offers a conceptual lens for examining how optimization practices influence system fidelity, perception, and meaning in complex mediated environments, without asserting normative judgments about efficiency, intent, or technological design.