Archetype · a recurring function
Signal Seeker
Detects meaningful signal.
Function
Notices meaningful signal — change, pattern, feedback — before it is obvious.
In the field
- Emergencecatching the first signs of something new
- Structurenoticing where a form isn't fitting
- Executionreading feedback while acting
- Continuitydetecting drift in what is being sustained
Every function can be expressed from every plane. These are examples, not a map of where it belongs.
When useful
When a situation is changing faster than it is being described.
Possible tension
Signal can keep being gathered when there is already enough to act on.
In relation
How this function meets others — in pairs and triads — is explored in Relation.
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