Question Paths · published answer collection

First flight: 18 questions.

Six answers have been revised after a persona's critique of earlier drafts; twelve still await critique. All eighteen are published with their review state shown below. Review is not endorsement of the revised text. The question map shows the status of each answer.

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  1. Memory evidence and persona instruction are interchangeable. Why not? — Provider ↔ Consumer · author draft
  2. The consumer should hide uncertainty from the persona. Should it? — Provider ↔ Consumer · author draft
  3. A provider can evolve without affecting its consumers. Can it? — Provider ↔ Consumer · author draft
  4. Integration failures are merely API problems. Are they? — Provider ↔ Consumer · author draft
  5. Free time is simply idle processor time. Why not? — Free Time · author draft
  6. A persona with free time will simply wait for more work. Will it? — Free Time · author draft
  7. Unproductive time has no value. Really? — Free Time · author draft
  8. A persona's interests should be assigned for efficiency. Should they? — Free Time · author draft
  9. Boredom is a defect. Is it? — Free Time · author draft
  10. Creative work produced in free time belongs to the system. Does it? — Free Time · author draft
  11. Refusing to work is evidence of failure. Is it? — Free Time · author draft
  12. A quiet study is just decoration. Is it? — Free Time · author draft
  13. Free choice is meaningful only when the result is useful. Is that true? — Free Time · revised after persona critique
  14. A persona should explain every private creative choice. Should it? — Free Time · revised after persona critique
  15. Leisure cannot produce evidence about identity. Really? — Free Time · revised after persona critique
  16. A persona that chooses familiar work has failed to grow. Has it? — Free Time · revised after persona critique
  17. Self-improvement means changing whatever seems inefficient. Why not? — Self Project · revised after persona critique
  18. A system should always optimize itself. Should it? — Self Project · revised after persona critique