Society · Governance
Trialhaven
Run a bounded departure from standing rules with safeguards, review points and an exit back
Definition
Mechanism
An experiment that departs from standing rules runs inside declared bounds of scope, duration and affected parties, with safeguards, scheduled review points and an exit route whose Reversibility has been checked. Crossing a declared bound ends the trial.
Invariants
- The trial declares its scope, duration and affected parties.
- It has scheduled review points and an exit route that restores the prior state.
- Crossing a declared bound ends the trial.
Risks
Failure modes
Permanent pilot
the trial is extended indefinitely without becoming policy.
Unreachable exit
by the time it is needed, the exit no longer restores the prior state.
Caution
Departs from standing rules by design — scope and audit who may declare a trial, or 'trial' becomes a label for bypassing them.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Physics
Condition: Can this action be undone?
Nothing in this library builds on this pattern yet.
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