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Promisehinge
A public commitment that states in advance what evidence would require revising it
Definition
Mechanism
A public commitment states, when it is made, the evidence that would require revising it and how a revision would be announced and explained, much as a Strategy states its revision trigger. When that evidence appears, the commitment is revised as stated, not quietly kept and not quietly dropped.
Invariants
- States, when made, the evidence that would require revision.
- A revision is announced together with the evidence that triggered it.
Risks
Failure modes
Unfalsifiable promise
no evidence could ever trigger a revision.
Quiet drop
the commitment is abandoned without the announced explanation.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Mind
Adaptive high-level planning
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference