Deliberations / The EngineDeveloping
How a deliberation proceeds
One loop, five movements. This is the experiential shape of the cycle — the engineering implementation lives on mykungfu.ai.
01
Signal
A signal from the world enters — an event, a claim, a question worth deliberating.
02
Divergence
Multiple stances examine it independently, generating without negotiating.
03
Friction
Their disagreements are surfaced explicitly — the conflicts, not just the consensus.
04
Synthesis
Patterns, assumptions, and uncertainty are drawn together — without declaring a winner.
05
Question
The deliberation ends on a better next question, not a verdict.
The friction step is the point. Convergence does not resolve the disagreement away — it holds it in the light and names what remains uncertain.