If the other side is low-trust then you have to defensively distill an entire specification.

· Bits and Bobs 5/4/26
  • If the other side is low-trust then you have to defensively distill an entire specification.
    • They might be low-trust because they have low-capability, or low alignment to your goals.
    • You have to defensively define all the minute details to make sure they fit with what you want.
      • A top-down approach.
    • If it's high-trust then you can specify only the highest level.
      • Going down into fractal details requires a compounding amount of effort to go increasingly deep.
    • One of the ways that high-trust can give significant, non-linear, leverage.