A spatially aware, agent based model of the spread of fear in a population through local contagion. Modified from a simple disease model. There are three states people can take based on: susceptible (Potentially Fearful), infected (Afraid), and recovered (Confident).
A very imperfect and laughably sketchy simple start to pursue an unreasonably pompous proposal... https://metonymize.substack.com/p/what-anthropology-might-offer-ai