---
slug: "Critiquedrift"
name: "Critiquedrift"
type: "Reasoning"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "Critiquedrift#bd7c"
sema_id: "sema:Critiquedrift#mh:SHA-256:bd7c044fc9f6b5f9b18dcccc3916f6a56d0e876b4b87d8c2ea5cb4447ff6e36c"
tags: ["Mind","Reasoning"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Critiquedrift/
related: ["Critique","Callshort","Jester#1bec"]
---

# Critiquedrift

Keep criticism of an action about the action and its effects, not the person's character

Layer: Mind · Category: Reasoning

## Mechanism

A [Critique](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Critique.md) of what someone did names the action and its effects and stays there. Any statement about the person is limited to this action; claims about their character, ability or motives are not drawn from it.

## Invariants

- The critique names the action and its effects.
- No claim about the person's character, ability or motives is drawn from the action.

## Failure modes

- Drift: criticism of an act becomes a verdict on the person.
- Vagueness shield: the critique avoids naming the act so as not to seem personal.

## Builds on

- [Critique](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Critique.md) (Mind; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Critiquedrift#mh:SHA-256:bd7c044fc9f6b5f9b18dcccc3916f6a56d0e876b4b87d8c2ea5cb4447ff6e36c`
- Ref: `Critiquedrift#bd7c`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Critiquedrift/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/#Critiquedrift)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Critiquedrift.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json)