The Pleasure Order v2.1: External D2+ Evidence for Pleasure-Distress Separation and Deficit-Anchored Distress

This new version provides the current entry point for The Pleasure Order external D2+ evidence update. Version 2.1 adds exploratory public-data proxy results from GSS, WVS, and MIDUS, focusing on a bounded pleasure-distress separation pattern: pleasure-side outcomes are consistently associated with higher cross-domain mean order (E_bar), while direct distress-side outcomes in GSS and MIDUS are associated with lower E_bar and higher Deficit_Load and Unanchored_Deficit. The v2.0 main brief is included as a continuity/reference document for the broader framework and claim boundary, while the v2.1 main brief is the current entry point for the external D2+ pleasure-distress evidence update. This is an exploratory external D2/D2+ evidence synthesis, not D3 support, DC2 validation, clinical validation, preregistered confirmation, or unified proof. Raw respondent-level data are not redistributed.