diff --git a/docs/training/corpus/Layer_0--Primitive_Facts/CORPUS-0007-information-arrives-unevenly.md b/docs/training/corpus/Layer_0--Primitive_Facts/CORPUS-0007-information-arrives-unevenly.md deleted file mode 100644 index 413e13a..0000000 --- a/docs/training/corpus/Layer_0--Primitive_Facts/CORPUS-0007-information-arrives-unevenly.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,106 +0,0 @@ -# CORPUS-0007 -## Information Arrives Unevenly -### Status: Training Corpus Seed -### Layer: Layer_0--Primitive_Facts -### Purpose: Teach that actors do not receive the same facts at the same time -### Repository Path: docs/training/corpus/Layer_0--Primitive_Facts/CORPUS-0007-information-arrives-unevenly.md - ---- - -## 0. Principle - -Information does not arrive everywhere at once. - -A trader, buyer, porter, clerk, and official may all know different parts of the same event. - -The actor who hears useful information earlier may act before prices, queues, or expectations adjust. - ---- - -## 1. Roman-Visible Example - -A timber barge is delayed on the river. - -The towmen know first. - -A dock worker hears next. - -A trader with a riverfront contact hears before the market. - -A carpenter across town hears later. - -A buyer in Capua may hear much later. - -The event is one event. -Knowledge of the event spreads unevenly. - ---- - -## 2. Minimal Information Structure - -Information timing depends on at least: - -1. where the event occurred -2. who saw it -3. who can carry the report -4. who trusts the source -5. how far the information must travel -6. whether anyone benefits from delay or concealment -7. whether visible signals confirm the report - -Information has a route just as goods do. - ---- - -## 3. Incorrect Modern Assumption - -Incorrect assumption: - -> Once something happens, everyone relevant knows it. - -Correction: - -> Events occur before they are widely known. Different actors learn at different times and with different confidence. - ---- - -## 4. Simulation Use - -This principle supports: - -- rumor systems -- delayed price reactions -- asymmetric opportunity -- messenger value -- local knowledge advantage -- stale reports -- hidden scenario states -- actor-specific perception - -The model should not give every actor perfect information when an event occurs. - ---- - -## 5. Canonical Test - -If the model sees: - -> A fire damaged a workshop in Ostia. - -It must ask: - -- who saw the fire? -- who has confirmed the damage? -- who has only heard rumor? -- when does Capua learn? -- who benefits before the news spreads? -- who still acts on old prices? -- who may conceal or distort the report? - -Only then can the information effect be understood. - ---- - -## 6. Success Condition - -If the model stops treating facts as instantly shared and starts tracking who knows what, when, and with what confidence, this file is functioning correctly.