This experiment introduces a nonlinear thermodynamic inertia: the energy cost of an action increases with the cumulative repetition of that action by the same entity.
The system thus acquires an implicit memory, without explicit storage, without global rules, and without objectives.
Nonlinear inertia delays energy differentiation, but does not prevent it. The system remains stable, while progressively orienting the trajectories.
Memory is not stored: it is embodied in the cumulative cost of local history.
Nonlinearity transforms inertia into a stabilizing mechanism. It creates a distributed thermodynamic memory, a necessary condition for any sustainable governance.