A Useful Compression
The summary may give readers a clear entrance to a larger record.
Competing ReadingsRisk Reduced Risk Shifted
Synthetic · Simulation/As of
Which Judgment Is Hidden Inside a Summary?
A review compresses separate accounts into a short conclusion. The source notes remain available, but the summary does not explain what it left out.
- Who Asks
- The summary reader
- Who Is Affected
- The role left out of the conclusion
- Who Can Revise
- The summary author
Traces in This ScenarioInvented, not observed
The conclusion emphasizes a shared benefit.
The underlying notes include a burden carried by a particular role.
The Assumption
What appears less common is assumed to matter less to the decision.
Where the Readings Split
Keep the difference visibleA Hidden Priority
Leaving out a less common burden may decide whose experience counts before readers can judge.
Follow the Risk
Readers can identify a central claim without reading every note first.
The omitted role must reopen evidence that the summary appears to have settled.