Infrastructure · Data Structures
Value
A measure of utility
Definition
Mechanism
A quantitative or qualitative measure of utility, worth, or priority assigned to a State or resource.
Invariants
None stated.
Risks
Failure modes
None stated.
Relationships
Builds on
References
System condition at time T
Used by
Yields
References
Society
Pricing bandwidth to filter spam
Society
Acceptance of bid and contract creation
Society
Binding offer from solver to execute task
Mind
Structural limit on parallel execution (Fan-out)
Non-transactional maintenance energy
Mind
Economic governor for cognitive spend
Mind
Concept blending with novelty and value acceptance
Physics
Passive attenuation of signal or force
Physics
Automatic expiration of stale state
Mind
Calculating the economic value of reducing uncertainty
Mind
Predictive resource costing
Society
Conversion ratio between value systems
Mind
Evaluates generalization potential
Society
Escrow primitive: value held until condition preimage revealed or timeout
Immutable transactional history
Society
Value that never decreases
Proving non-membership in a committed state snapshot
Mind
Value-based state evaluation
Mind
Detection of value-laden facts
Mind
Evaluates structural distinctness
Mind
Comparative valuation against the best alternative
Mind
Ordering tasks by importance and urgency
Society
Aligning predictions before aligning votes
Mind
Evaluates execution feasibility of a plan
Deterministic valuation logic
Mind
Lossy compression preserving salience
Condensed information
Mind
Temporal bounding of exploration
Society
Translating internal utility to shared numeraire
Accepts
Society
Algorithmic pricing for rivalrous resources
Composes with
Quantitative evaluation result
Reference
Data schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"magnitude",
"unit"
],
"properties": {
"magnitude": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Scalar utility or worth"
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Currency, energy, or utility metric"
},
"context": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Scope where this value applies"
}
}
}