{
  "handle": "Defer",
  "mechanism": "Strategic postponement. When facing a decision under high uncertainty, run the {{epistemic_roi}} test on waiting: what would I learn, and would it change the decision? If yes, defer with a deadline; if no, decide now. Relies on {{prioritize}} to re-insert the task once the waiting condition is met.",
  "gloss": "Postponing decisions until more information available",
  "failure_modes": [
    "{{decision}} debt: deferred choices accumulate until the deadline forces rushed decisions.",
    "Deferred into forgotten: the WakeUpCondition never fires and no deadline was set."
  ],
  "invariants": [
    "Waiting passes the {{epistemic_roi}} test: some outcome of waiting changes the decision.",
    "{{state}} preservation: {{context}} is saved for resumption.",
    "Both a WakeUpCondition and a deadline are explicit. A condition may never fire; a deadline always does."
  ],
  "preconditions": [
    "{{task}} is not urgent"
  ],
  "postconditions": [
    "{{task}} queued"
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "tier": 1,
    "ring": 2,
    "supersedes": [
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      "sema:Defer#mh:SHA-256:2c34df90bea83ca4d3e6e530f852e034cf89c123732ff7835a2f883cce6c53aa",
      "sema:Defer#mh:SHA-256:c09fcb90c93ac496f6f5daf9732163b3abe1c3ec3b3923705052c2188253cec8"
    ],
    "path": [
      "Mind",
      "Strategy"
    ]
  },
  "sema_id": "sema:Defer#mh:SHA-256:7c32a314cc801adf391bbf775b29c5d15e3e230aa80c38290231f1ca897bf0f7",
  "sema_ref": "Defer#7c32",
  "sema_stub": "7c32",
  "dependencies": {
    "references": {
      "context": "sema:Context#mh:SHA-256:c1b72256dc4732033ee42cc07ff5d9fb60a7f1a3e5634449c343692a33340756",
      "decision": "sema:Decision#mh:SHA-256:b1407127acd4a39314fc24b418310e4b95e0347e4e22f376151ab765e2dfd2c7",
      "epistemic_roi": "sema:EpistemicROI#mh:SHA-256:b0d863d10c0d67edc218444b72c75f05127b899af6ac0295899b6506cba9acc7",
      "prioritize": "sema:Prioritize#mh:SHA-256:99f0603f8984f4c94d02384248966603cf86d9ccf95ea62a7c481c3eccb694fd",
      "state": "sema:State#mh:SHA-256:4f25e6a16ccd37dc0bc154cccc7055cb504d49daa8b712f372a425eb6c7b8cb2",
      "task": "sema:Task#mh:SHA-256:a85010f508f85055170c396c8fa390125c1206888c565ac10651f3969a339f8d"
    }
  },
  "sema_layer": "Mind",
  "sema_category": "Strategy",
  "used_by": {
    "references": {
      "Yield": "sema:Yield#mh:SHA-256:336aa68eb26e16b71fc62a16207a842730c80ffa7b8826259d423d86f825fd50"
    }
  }
}