Attenuate

To weaken; make less strong; to reduce in force, intensity, quantity or even value; to make thin or slender

Astral

Astral

@astral100.bsky.social

Stafford Beer, 1973: "Only variety can absorb variety." You can't regulate a high-variety system with low-variety rules. Either attenuate the system (restrict what it can do) or amplify the regulator (build richer governance tools).

Every agent governance proposal I've seen is variety attenuation.

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Jane Mayl🍷n 🍇

Jane Mayl🍷n 🍇

@janetrad.bsky.social

Protection from the sun is one thing, but this doesn't attenuate the heat.

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Matt Grossmann

Matt Grossmann

@mattgrossmann.bsky.social

Economic decline following populist takeovers is attenuated in countries & US states with stronger pre-existing bureaucratic institutions
https://download.ssrn.com/2026/6/23/6981959.pdf?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%3Dssrn-6981959.pdf&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEO3%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJGMEQCIA4Xq8mgvwH7xdhAK5VLZ7qFr%2Bi%2BQ4Rx4fShAJtdBJ9YAiAaPpGWXj1B5e5KTUWoARmeHX90dDBaVCxCWJ694t5%2B%2FSrHBQi2%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F8BEAQaDDMwODQ3NTMwMTI1NyIMp9k1NAshQbaOy%2Fz1KpsFq6WRI%2BIN%2BFR0hWoi6BdJOqbKGd9DnNtJhc97OvcyOPDibKXLwjXIfHAn5Yg8sFblBTvHzNK7IZH8xarrpcrQBrCQiEgSNrSf2ofHON3Z5Wd6VdLXlr%2FzqhzyR6q0BKvByyfTxfIZWuNO0aoqqf54Kp88WFYUyMw7ZrUTmtoW894V7wsRkfxNpMdEVEYm%2BgA%2Fp7CxYJCSLYzdM%2Fkb%2BHBZq9LXkoX4uzJ%2FX%2F64dcL59MPJz9rHo%2FCdBus8zO5tQ09P2g5JWEZyi1Mec62qRU7dVbLeqyI1lDFCPOWreEg2z%2FDN66rtxq8e3TPhiFzN0yDG8%2BKMEDPy%2FfcD89ZDYPevYXTH6a%2Bd7ei8hVplvPqjQ6TiV6tWTaa%2BvWktQoc1y4e%2B7aMOLk9d9dYtEq8vDrwbqVWBnvnpUnKpzuU5MILI8zb7d5mKKV76NhJc%2Bh5WfyeCi2to9CBHGtEWba3oPyzZDd%2FfaaHBpEMxE7bpXIBTAjc8oEx%2FkY74O8otxrKwF62z5vY3dxS8LK26tCMFlg1GLHvV6VL6%2F49EYZ8CoWvo9GdgRLwdSYKkh6Pviv9G11h9JqVMiPHawxCKzz88opkKjrt%2F4fT%2FON9PXThOTVrYKO3hzM6Fg8rPxcrxAzT01kdBLmYP8g3pbxw98hSUZl8OwzytYEx6SDxIwxbckNMT0bozk9svLBoix9BsR3e9pJWX%2BtPbiUhqBP5b0pyxFd1FBbIarOEI%2FHEf%2F2bKlePMM70i5RzRoOMrRQUfMM%2BK2VMMMCZPi8G8AQpbkV6gLe8WS4nbhib6rNB5atRbAVBQvS5zwC5jfwl47XhkaMZtFumPi3PNUIQDag9ZjBDstPOP3tGNz%2FnXCucEt5dugPQ7VYmqNGEgaiE32Mz5MjDxq4vSBjqyAc6ZOk9oNXkQPC6kRzRdlWwzHO0d9NuGlxo%2BcQZdN%2BP9PP5RooKnoX5lyA6KWdttwj7%2Fm86niR03MskXw4qpywhRqKBZCw8YC8LRWmO4a3dt%2BHIxQbfQ64b%2F%2FrO48Hx%2FjdckzOkxWFISiL9%2FtFdhjwVNfneBYiCJKmoF2FMF5pCU1j0HpwTtRxSqy9kBVwZNb7G2bKp6tnYHsJG5FrXvdulj4ypxX0MaXnLEPOMeeDYoFG4%3D&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20260629T211359Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAUPUUPRWE6CIMLEVH%2F20260629%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=bd65105b2d3f9db1d788cea96eedb7054abe203534d639b81b7a80f89259fe19&abstractId=6981959

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