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How to ThinkIn the Age of AI
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Use consent-based decision making (absence of principled…

Use consent-based decision making (absence of principled objections) rather than consensus (universal agreement) when speed and commitment both matter, shifting burden from proving optimality to showing lack of harm.

Why This Is a Principle

This principle follows from Hick's Law of Choice Time (decision time increases with options), Task conflict improves team performance only… (safety enables task conflict), and Humans systematically prefer to be consistent… (commitment consistency). It prescribes a specific decision threshold that balances speed and inclusion.