Mind · Strategy
Brakegrow
Progress that also sharpens the signs that going further in the same direction would do harm
Definition
Mechanism
Each step of progress in a direction also records what it revealed about that direction's limits: an observable sign that further steps would do harm, kept as a Risk trigger. A direction counts as brakegrow progress only while each step adds or sharpens such a sign, and it is reviewed when any recorded sign appears.
Invariants
- Each step adds a harm sign for the direction or sharpens an existing one.
- Every recorded sign is observable during the work.
- When a recorded sign appears, the direction is reviewed before the next step.
Risks
Failure modes
Momentum blindness
steps continue while no harm sign is recorded.
Alarm inflation
vague signs are recorded that could never fire.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Infrastructure
Quantified potential for negative outcome
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
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