Concept
Latency, and the felt difference between doing and undergoing
A return that closes fast and clean registers as *something you did*; one that is slow or scrambled registers as *something that happened*, even when you are the one feeding it. Distance governs three things at once — fidelity, aimability, and how much is yours to answer for — which makes the Fold's cautions distance-dependent rather than flat: at one edge the opposite advice applies. Shortening the loop is an Information-flow move.
Where it appears
Treated in
- Part Two — How to PracticeThe FoldWhat goes out through a Nest tends to come back through the Nest — karma without a ledger-keeper, and with real cautions attached.