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The cost already paid is the same under every choice you have left, so it can never decide between them. AI delegates are about to obey that rule for us, and the past will split in two: what we paid, which owes us nothing, and what we promised, which still binds. … readWhat’s Done Is Done
Set in stone is said of plans, dates and rules to mean they cannot change. Derived from the foundation’s primitive that to exist is to vary, the phrase is literally true only of the Past, which is real and does not exist — said of anything present, stone included, it names a rate of revision somebody is keeping low. … readWhat Is Set in Stone
You were taught that a promise binds the future. But nothing can be stored in what has not happened. A promise binds the record — a mark you can never take back and a measure you chose in the open — and its keeping is designed to be invisible. … readWhat Is a Promise