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# Applications

## AI research

Record the framework version, evidence, dissent, and review criteria used in an evaluation. Compare the recorded expectations with observed outcomes. Do not substitute an affirmation of principles for measured behavior.

## Institutions

Use a decision record to show which interests were heard, what alternatives were rejected, and when the decision will be reconsidered. Preserve minority reports alongside the adopted policy.

## Human practice

Revisit a consequential choice through the Four Loops. Ask what changed, who was affected, and what should be done differently. Keep the scope proportionate; an ordinary decision need not become a permanent public record.

## Status of these applications

These are proposed uses of the method, not verified case studies. Begin with the [decision template](/templates/decision-record.md), and return observed failures as well as successes.