Mind the Gap
Change Log v1.5  ·  V62 → V69
28 May 2026

Current baseline
MTG_Manuscript_V69.docx — clean, all tracked changes accepted. 45,716 words. 15 chapters. UK English en-GB. Ch 6 fully rebuilt (gold). Ch 4 carries new 'Its Language' subsection and de-numbered headings. 76m authority passage rehomed in Ch 9 Room Three. Title page aligned to cover. Crewe Q&A formatted.

Version-by-version record
Version
Mode
Change
Note
V63
Structural
Ch4 new 'Its Language' subsection (Dreams + Atomics2/gender, launch-tweet close). Ch2 Atomics2 removed + bridge line added. Ch6 'Dreaming' removed.
The vocabulary/gender argument anchored in Ch4; Ch2 now single-direction
V64
Structural rebuild
Ch6 root-and-branch: Conversation Timeline cut (best line folded to Dangerous Zone), two therapy parallels merged into one Clinical Parallel (reliving fragment repaired), Dangerous Zone promoted to climax with new opener.
8 subsections → 5. Red-flag chapter resolved
V65
Tracked
Ch4 six subsection headings de-numbered to match book style.
Its Language already unnumbered; now all seven consistent
V66
Structural
76m/97-Bibles authority passage lifted from Ch6 to Ch9 Room Three (new opener). Sizing the Window heading deleted. Window-size + 'feeling of infinite' kept as bridge in Ch6.
Completes the Ch6 rebuild; authority lands where it belongs
V67
Tracked (blemishes)
B1: 4 Ch9 Room headings bolded. B2: Ch5 'Clinical Parallel' → 'The Clinical Parallel: Holding the Thread'. B4: 14 numeral chapter refs → words. B3: deliberate no-action on Ch6 bridge paras.
No pre-approval per Paul; all cross-refs verified
V68
Tracked
Title page subtitle updated to match cover: two lines — 'The one hiding in plain sight' / 'Between artificial intelligence behaviour and human behaviour.'
Inside now matches outside
V69
Tracked
Ch5 Crewe Q&A formatted: 7 human questions bolded, machine answers plain. 'Confidently. Fluently. Incorrectly.' split to its own narration line.
Bold-question dialogue device — first use in book

Word count trajectory
V62
V63
V64
V65
V66
V67
V68
V69
45,768
45,972
45,782
45,776
45,712
45,712
45,716
45,716

Note: word count remarkably stable (±260) across heavy restructuring — material moved and merged, not bloated.