{
  "handle": "Burdenlight",
  "gloss": "List who bears the costs of a decision and who receives its benefits, and say where they differ",
  "mechanism": "Before a decision is taken, its costs are listed by who bears them and its benefits by who receives them, extending the {{trade_off}} with who pays. Where the two lists name different parties, the decision record says so.",
  "invariants": [
    "Costs are listed with the parties who bear them.",
    "Benefits are listed with the parties who receive them.",
    "Where cost bearers and beneficiaries differ, the record states it."
  ],
  "failure_modes": [
    "Hidden payer: costs fall on parties the analysis never names.",
    "Netting blur: costs and benefits are netted, so their distribution disappears."
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "path": [
      "Society",
      "Governance"
    ],
    "ring": 2,
    "tier": 2,
    "related": [
      "Absentseat",
      "OpportunityCost#7f52"
    ],
    "minted": "2026-10-05T21:54:54+02:00"
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Burdenlight#mh:SHA-256:ce67b135689d54cef000c6ac0e038e71a956b7b508b0a64df7de6ddf4f559320",
  "sema_ref": "Burdenlight#ce67",
  "sema_stub": "ce67",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "trade_off": "sema:TradeOff#mh:SHA-256:7ed66791e094b316654a0bc85ebcc2d2cfb20686013c7d6fd8f0a79aaea4c169"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Society",
  "sema_category": "Governance",
  "used_by": {}
}