Society · Protocols
Disputelift
A disagreement that leaves the parties disagreeing better, whether or not it is resolved
Definition
Mechanism
When a disagreement ends or pauses, the parties record what changed in the Protocol they disagree under: a test both now accept, a term both now define the same way, a question both agree would settle the matter, or a move both agree not to make. The disagreement is a disputelift when every party adopts at least one such change. The original issue is recorded as resolved or as open, and either outcome is allowed.
Invariants
- Every party adopts the recorded change, not only the party that proposed it.
- The change concerns how the parties disagree, not which side of the issue is right.
- The original issue is recorded as resolved or open.
Risks
Failure modes
Concession dressed as method
one side giving way on the issue is recorded as a change in how they disagree.
Procedural theatre
the recorded change is not used the next time the parties disagree.
Issue abandonment
improving the method becomes a way to stop engaging with the issue.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Infrastructure
Communication standard
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference