It’s a pretty interesting analysis, despite the fact that I don’t really see where you are planning to go with this. “Perhaps we can even analyze the things upon which those variables depend…” This quote almost suggests you hope to find a way to control the way people change, essentially modelling them to become how you want them to be. Either I’m just reading too much into this, or you hope to actually limit our freedom to develop how we choose (not that I am necessarily against that, but it does seem controversial). In any case, I look forward to reading more and finding out exactly what you’re planning.