Mind · Dynamics
Quietroot
Development continues during an interval with little outwardly visible progress
Definition
Mechanism
Preparatory abilities, relationships or supporting structures change while the visible result being watched stays nearly unchanged. The development may later support an outward advance, but it does not depend on that advance appearing. Mere passage of time, continued effort or hoped-for improvement is not an instance, and what counts as visible depends on the observer and the measure.
Invariants
- A visible result being watched stays nearly unchanged over an interval.
- Development occurs during that interval in a dimension that supports the result.
Risks
Failure modes
Stillness read as stagnation
an unchanged output is taken as proof that nothing is developing.
Plateau read as growth
every plateau is taken to hide progress.
Effort read as development
continued effort or elapsed time is taken to show development.
Relationships
Root pattern: builds on nothing in this library.
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
Reference