Contents of A Life Between the Layers
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Block Six
From correction and institutional learning to the larger question of corrigibility: testing how systems respond to error, disagreement, recurring patterns and challenges to institutional power.
Chapter 51 The System that Learns to Survive
An introduction to Block 6.
Chapter 52 The Easy Correction
Test One — What happens when the error is clear and correction should be easy?
Chapter 53 When Reasonable People Disagree
Test Two — Can a system remain corrigible when the evidence supports genuine disagreement?
Chapter 54 When the Same Thing Keeps Happening
Test Three — When do separate incidents become evidence of a recurring pattern?
Chapter 55 When Correction Becomes Costly
Test Four — What happens when correction challenges institutional power, reputation or interest?
Chapter 56 What the Tests Found
The four tests, their principal findings and the model derived from them.
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