How we pick, write, source, and correct.
No advertorial. No motivational filler. No "studies show" without a citation you can read. The Human Frequency is one person writing carefully under a constraint: if a sentence can't be sourced, it doesn't go up.
What we publish
The site has three editorial pillars, in strict scope:
- Understanding Yourself — nervous system regulation, mental health, neurodivergence.
- Understanding Your Kids — neurodivergent parenting, family systems, school advocacy.
- Understanding Each Other — difficult conversations, conflict, relationships, negotiation.
Anything outside those three pillars (politics, news, business advice, trading commentary, creator-economy posts) does not get published here, even if it would do well. We have other surfaces for that.
Sourcing standards
Every claim on a Human OS Wiki page can be traced to one of three categories:
- Peer-reviewed research — published in indexed journals (Cell, Lancet, JAMA, JBI, Cell Reports Medicine, Journal of Affective Disorders, and equivalents).
- Recognized framework owners — Stephen Porges (polyvagal), the Gottman Institute (relationships), Fisher & Ury (Harvard negotiation), Jared Tendler (mental game in poker), and similar named figures who created the frameworks we cite.
- Lived experience — clearly labeled as such, never substituted for evidence on a wiki page.
Each wiki page ends with a "Sources & Citations" disclosure that names the original work. If you click through and a source doesn't say what we say it says, that's a correction-worthy error and you should tell us.
Examples of the standard in practice: Cyclic Sighing cites Balban et al. (2023) Cell Reports Medicine; Harvard Method cites Fisher & Ury's Getting to Yes directly; 8 Magic Keys cites Diane Malbin's framework with link-out to her published work; Polyvagal Repair cites Stephen Porges with peer-reviewed extensions.
What we do not do
- We do not run sponsored content disguised as editorial.
- We do not accept payment for wiki page placement, ordering, or framing.
- We do not use AI-generated copy as final-published voice. AI helps with research, outlining, and editing; the voice on the page is Jared's.
- We do not republish copyrighted material without licensing or fair-use grounding.
- We do not invent quotes, statistics, or "experts said." If we attribute, we name and link.
- We do not write to maximize engagement metrics. We write to be re-read in five years.
Conflicts of interest
The Store sells Human Frequency-authored guides on Gumroad. Wiki pages routinely link to those guides as a "Go deeper" exit. That is a disclosed commercial interest. The wiki content itself is free and complete; the guide is a longer treatment of the same material, not a paywall over it.
Founder Jared Ohman also runs adjacent commercial products outside the three editorial pillars. Those are kept on separate surfaces and do not appear in wiki editorial content.
Corrections
If you find an error (a misattributed source, a number that doesn't match the linked study, a framework misstated, a claim no longer supported), please email us. We will:
- Acknowledge within 48 hours.
- Investigate and decide within 7 days.
- Update the page with a visible correction note at the bottom, dated.
- Credit the reporter in the changelog if they're willing.
If a correction is large enough to change the page's recommendation, the original advice is struck through (not deleted) and the new recommendation is dated. We don't quietly rewrite history.
Reader-submitted stories
The community page takes story submissions. We do not publish a name or identifying detail unless the reader explicitly opts in. If a story becomes the seed for a wiki page or newsletter feature, we either anonymize fully or quote with permission. We never use a story to embarrass or contradict the person who sent it.
Updates to this policy
If this policy changes materially, we'll note it in the newsletter and on this page. The last-updated date is at the bottom.