What Kind of System Produces Better Decisions by Preserving Disagreement? A command-line coding agent runs a diagnostic on a constraint classification engine and flags an anomaly: a mathematical theorem receives a suppression score of 0.99 — nearly the maximum. The agent traces the computation, identifies the function responsible, and reports the finding as a local … Continue reading The Diagnostic Value of Perspectival Gaps
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Card Catalogs
"In Control Through Communication, her study of 19th century information management, JoAnne Yates identifies five breakthrough technologies. There’s the telephone and telegraph, which handle external communication. For internal communication, the big three are the typewriter, carbon paper (and other duplication technologies), and filing systems, especially the vertical file and card catalog. The others made information … Continue reading Card Catalogs
