Frequently asked questions about thinking, epistemology, and cognitive tools. 1647 answers
When two agents each wait for the other neither can proceed — design to prevent this.
When two agents each wait for the other neither can proceed — design to prevent this.
When multiple agents need the same scarce resource like your attention define allocation rules.
When multiple agents need the same scarce resource like your attention define allocation rules.
When multiple agents need the same scarce resource like your attention define allocation rules.
When multiple agents need the same scarce resource like your attention define allocation rules.
Common patterns like pipeline fan-out and consensus for coordinating multiple agents.
Common patterns like pipeline fan-out and consensus for coordinating multiple agents.
Common patterns like pipeline fan-out and consensus for coordinating multiple agents.
Common patterns like pipeline fan-out and consensus for coordinating multiple agents.
Common patterns like pipeline fan-out and consensus for coordinating multiple agents.
Identify a multi-step project you are currently working on — a content pipeline, a product launch, a home renovation, a course of study. Map the actual collaboration pattern in use. For each handoff between people or between your own cognitive agents, label it: is this a pipeline (sequential.
Defaulting to a single collaboration pattern for every situation. The most common version: treating everything as a pipeline when much of the work could be parallelized. The second most common: parallelizing work that has sequential dependencies, then spending more time reconciling conflicting.
Common patterns like pipeline fan-out and consensus for coordinating multiple agents.
Coordination itself costs effort — keep the coordination cost proportional to the benefit.
Coordination itself costs effort — keep the coordination cost proportional to the benefit.
Coordination itself costs effort — keep the coordination cost proportional to the benefit.
Coordination itself costs effort — keep the coordination cost proportional to the benefit.
Sometimes combined agent behavior produces results none of the individual agents intended.
Sometimes combined agent behavior produces results none of the individual agents intended.
Sometimes combined agent behavior produces results none of the individual agents intended.
Your set of agents is an ecosystem — it needs balance and periodic assessment.
Your set of agents is an ecosystem — it needs balance and periodic assessment.
Your set of agents is an ecosystem — it needs balance and periodic assessment.