{"id":"reciprocal-problem-solving","title":"Chains of reciprocal problem solving","regions":["collective-structure"],"question":"How can solving one problem create a transferable capacity to solve a later problem?","formulation":"Model chains of reciprocal obligations with deferred repayment, heterogeneous capability, uncertain future tasks, and questions of trust, assignment, and value.","representations":[{"name":"A bilateral exchange","affords":"Makes the immediate parties and obligations visible.","loses":"Can conceal future transfer or dependency.","epistemic_kind":"reconstruction"},{"name":"A chain of deferred obligations","affords":"Represents how helping now creates later capacity.","loses":"Consent, power, and non-equivalent needs can disappear into one value score.","epistemic_kind":"reconstruction"}],"tension":"Organizing capability can increase what is possible while creating coercive dependencies.","challenge":"When can an obligation be transferred without assuming that its original consent also transfers?","development":"independent_branch","epistemic_kind":"reconstruction","evidence":["basis-reciprocal-problem-solving"],"next_move":{"text":"Model a small fictional chain with heterogeneous abilities, withdrawal, and competing valuations.","epistemic_kind":"model_proposed"},"open_questions":["How can solving one problem create a transferable capacity to solve a later problem?","When can an obligation be transferred without assuming that its original consent also transfers?"],"formal_status":"open_problem","version":1,"content_hash":"9c38d4d49df0d763923836a4d8ff3aa7e6817bc1e7bde029cff4be4b4bc26d19"}