{
  "handle": "BoundedHorizonEffort",
  "ref": "BoundedHorizonEffort#b8e4",
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  "layer": "Mind",
  "category": "Strategy",
  "gloss": "A known finite horizon raises the effort an agent spends per step",
  "mechanism": "Telling an agent that a role lasts many rounds, or that it will end at a known time, makes it treat each step as consequential. Effort scales with the perceived stake of the whole horizon, even when only one round is actually executed.",
  "invariants": [
    "The horizon is stated to the agent, not merely implied",
    "Perceived duration changes the agent's care per step"
  ],
  "failureModes": [
    "Horizon so short that endgame defection appears",
    "Stated horizon that contradicts what actually happens erodes trust in later instructions"
  ],
  "ring": 2,
  "tier": 3,
  "aliases": {},
  "buildsOn": [],
  "usedBy": [
    {
      "handle": "GenerationalKnowledgeTransfer",
      "type": "composes_with",
      "alias": "horizon",
      "url": "/knowledge-graph/GenerationalKnowledgeTransfer/",
      "json": "/knowledge-graph/GenerationalKnowledgeTransfer.json"
    }
  ],
  "sources": {
    "research": [],
    "works": [],
    "homePage": false
  },
  "url": "/knowledge-graph/BoundedHorizonEffort/",
  "graphUrl": "/knowledge-graph#BoundedHorizonEffort",
  "directory": "/knowledge-graph/patterns.json"
}