P1 · CHAPTER 06 · 90-DAY EXPERIMENT
90-day experiment for “The Capability Overhang”
Test “The Capability Overhang” through a small, reversible 90-day experiment. The objective is evidence and reusable learning, not proving the book right.
WORKBOOK SEQUENCE
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State the practical hypothesis suggested by: There is more latent power in today's models than we have built products to express. The overhang is enormous.
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Choose one observable signal from each theme: The Unused Room; The Dynamo Problem; Abilities After Arrival; Scaffolding Changes the Animal; The Printing Press Lesson; Why Imagination Lags; Benchmarks Are Flashlights; The Hidden Surface Area of Work; From Prompting to Operating Systems; Compounding Overhang; The Error of Waiting for Perfect; The Builder's Map; Why This Is Good News; The Overhang Above Us.
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Set a baseline, weekly action, success threshold, cost ceiling and explicit stop condition.
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Review at days 30, 60 and 90; preserve useful examples, distribution or evaluation assets even if the hypothesis fails.
EXPECTED OUTPUT
Leave with a decision artifact.
A 90-day experiment brief with baseline, weekly cadence, thresholds, checkpoints and a final keep/change/stop decision.