# Keep moving; keep the ability to change course

Proposed review framework. Progress should mean improvements the project can describe and defend: better measurements, less avoidable harm, stronger participant agency, ecological care, and useful knowledge. The plan should not promise that every experiment succeeds or every indicator improves simultaneously. A pause, a failed hypothesis, or the abandonment of a damaging method can be a necessary contribution to a better future.

Canonical page: https://givegigs.com/wiki/necro-chapter-balance-progress
Last updated: 2026-11-09T18:58:12.584Z
Parent topic: [necromancer-storyworld](https://givegigs.com/wiki/necromancer-storyworld)

## Contents
- [Overview](#wiki-section-overview-1)
- [Chapter notes](#wiki-section-chapter-notes-2)
- [Dossier section](#wiki-section-dossier-link-3)

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## Overview

Proposed review framework. This page expands the “Keep moving; keep the ability to change course” chapter in the storyworld collection.

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## Chapter notes

Progress should mean improvements the project can describe and defend: better measurements, less avoidable harm, stronger participant agency, ecological care, and useful knowledge. The plan should not promise that every experiment succeeds or every indicator improves simultaneously. A pause, a failed hypothesis, or the abandonment of a damaging method can be a necessary contribution to a better future.

A proposed review asks five questions: what improved, what worsened, who experienced each change, what remains unknown, and what should happen next? Record the answers alongside the evidence. Assess scientific validity, participant welfare, ecological effects, resource demands, and access individually so a favorable score in one area cannot automatically cancel a serious failure in another.

This is the practical link between good vibes and honest progress. Shared enthusiasm helps people cooperate; criticism helps them notice mistakes; clear responsibilities help them act. The compass is a future with more agency and less avoidable damage. The route remains open to revision as the guild learns.

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## Dossier section

[Open this exact section in the Necromancer dossier](/necromancer#balance-progress). The original chapter status is “Proposed review framework.”

## Sources

- [Necromancer dossier section](/necromancer#balance-progress)

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