Lesson 156 chapters~2 min
Internal Documents, Patents, and Incentive Evidence
Internal research and patent language expose what teams measured, what systems could do, and where engagement incentives collided with wellbeing.
Learning outcomes
- Read patents as capability documents rather than proof of deployment
- Separate public narrative from internal metric tradeoffs
- Trace harmful outcomes back to objective functions and incentives
Field assignment
Analyze one patent or internal memo. Separate documented capability, confirmed implementation, inferred intent, measured outcome, and unanswered questions.
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