Evidence Over Attestation
“Competency cannot be prompted into existence. It is accumulated scar tissue.”
The one thing an agent cannot supply is the memory of having been wrong before in this particular way.
More lines from the same part
- “When anything can be built in an afternoon, the scarce skill is refusing to.”
- “Hold the line at midnight when the output looks perfect and the gate says no.”
- “Attaining maximum efficiency while heading in a direction no customer asked for.”
- “Clear failure states, quiet recovery, and no punishment for a customer's caution.”