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 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..413e13a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/training/corpus/Layer_0--Primitive_Facts/CORPUS-0007-information-arrives-unevenly.md @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +# 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.