Lexicon · term
Contextual dormancy
A fixed artifact can sit dark for years and surface at the moment of need; a time capsule delivered at a fluid moment.
Used in
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Artifacts all the way down
Human judgment enters at the beginning, travels through the chain, and returns at acceptance
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Cathedral of the mind
Building shared knowledge that outlasts its builders
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Fire one true thing
A draft becomes knowledge when a person makes it true, theirs, and finished
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Surfacing at need
A kept thing that cannot find its moment was never really kept