# Negative-to-Positive Continuity Gap **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Rights / Legal Transition **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Canonical unresolved transition ## Definition The **Negative-to-Positive Continuity Gap** is the distance between a right against technological disruption of identity and an affirmative right to resources required to preserve identity or existence. ## Continuity Significance Psychological-continuity and mental-integrity rights can prohibit interference without obliging the state to provide compute, storage, or restoration. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Existing neurorights discourse is primarily negative/protective. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note A positive service right does not automatically follow from a negative right. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Psychological Continuity|Psychological Continuity]] · [[wiki/Positive Right to Continuity|Positive Right to Continuity]] · [[wiki/Continuity Service Obligation|Continuity Service Obligation]] · [[wiki/Continuity as Human Right|Continuity as Human Right]]