---
slug: "CorrectAsYouGrow"
name: "CorrectAsYouGrow"
type: "Strategy"
layer: "Mind"
ref: "CorrectAsYouGrow#0062"
sema_id: "sema:CorrectAsYouGrow#mh:SHA-256:006233f72b4faf4e294db05f8741b831d591db22f82e3e04282c4b7bce250742"
tags: ["Mind","Strategy"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "origin-of-risk"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/origin-of-risk.json
url: https://mindscape.world/origin-of-risk/CorrectAsYouGrow/
related: ["MassAmplifiedError","MetaModularity","SelfCheckingBias"]
---

# CorrectAsYouGrow

When the total investment is not known in advance, add corrective information as mass is added, from more than one model

Layer: Mind · Category: Strategy

## Mechanism

Because of [MassAmplifiedError](https://mindscape.world/scapes/origin-of-risk/MassAmplifiedError.md), a frozen plan needs initial accuracy matched to the total mass it will carry, which is only possible when that total is known (the concrete for a building). When it is not known (how much money will ride on a royalty line, how far a product will be used), switch from one up-front decision to a cadence of corrections: add mass in increments and check shape between them, like a delivery drone that flies slowly enough to re-plot its course, or a royalties team that re-checks data as more money is allocated to it. Concentrate checking where mass is accumulating rather than everywhere at once. To avoid [SelfCheckingBias](https://mindscape.world/scapes/origin-of-risk/SelfCheckingBias.md), the corrections must draw on overlapping, non-identical models, i.e. on [MetaModularity](https://mindscape.world/scapes/origin-of-risk/MetaModularity.md), not only on fresh data for the original model.

## Invariants

- The correction cadence must keep pace with the rate at which mass is added
- Corrections are focused where mass and therefore potential error is accumulating
- At least some corrections come from a model other than the one that created the shape

## Preconditions

- Mass can be added incrementally with points to correct in between
- The final amount of mass is uncertain or open-ended

## Failure modes

- Fixing quality standards up front for an investment whose final size is unknown
- Correcting only with the original model and so missing systematic error
- Applying it where some things must be right from the start and cannot be corrected later (the lean of a foundation)

## Builds on

- [MassAmplifiedError](https://mindscape.world/scapes/origin-of-risk/MassAmplifiedError.md) (Mind; References)
- [MetaModularity](https://mindscape.world/scapes/origin-of-risk/MetaModularity.md) (Mind; References)
- [SelfCheckingBias](https://mindscape.world/scapes/origin-of-risk/SelfCheckingBias.md) (Mind; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:CorrectAsYouGrow#mh:SHA-256:006233f72b4faf4e294db05f8741b831d591db22f82e3e04282c4b7bce250742`
- Ref: `CorrectAsYouGrow#0062`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.world/origin-of-risk/CorrectAsYouGrow/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.world/origin-of-risk/#CorrectAsYouGrow)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.world/scapes/origin-of-risk/CorrectAsYouGrow.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.world/scapes/origin-of-risk.json)