In this.me your “sentence” is not a linear string. It’s a sequence of entrances into spaces.

Source: Dev.to

Overview

it’s a context → space → navigation language.

You “enter spaces” (by establishing context) and then you navigate inside them.

Ordering rule

• Context moves (like @, _, ~) are like changing coordinate frames / entering encrypted subspaces.
• Once you’re inside a frame, navigation is meaningful and can be non‑linear (set‑like / compositional).

Formal‑ish mental model

Think of ME as a contextual algebra:

• State: short‑term memory (STM), indexes, encryptedBranches, localSecrets/localNoises, runtime frames
• Context: the current “frame” (identity focus, effectiveSecret, current pointer target, etc.)
• Navigation: path composition under the current context

Operator categories

You can group operators by the kind of context they construct.

Identity / context focus operators

• @ focuses identity references (may be many within expressions)
• Produces/updates an identity frame without necessarily persisting anything

Secret / privacy frame operators

• _ establishes/loads a secret‑derived frame (effectiveSecret)
• Doesn’t have to be identity‑specific; it’s a general “encryption lens”

Noise / re‑root operators

• ~ resets inheritance / creates a new root for subsequent secret derivations

Pointer / alias frame operators

• __ or -> creates a symbolic link frame (binds __ptr)

Derivation operators

• = defines derived values under the current context (may be lazily evaluated)

Query / collection operators

• ? yields a picker/collector function under the current context

Removal operators

• - tombstones/removes a value under the current context

What to bake into the axioms

• @ creates an identity‑focus Thought and updates the active identity frame.
• _ creates/loads a secret frame and makes selected roots stealth.
• ~ changes effectiveSecret lineage.
• __ binds a pointer frame and makes __ptr.* derivations meaningful.

Axioms should be structure + frame invariants, not app‑policy validation.