# kaal:claim:6655138-010

**Claim.** Per-surface reflection and cross-surface reflection are not reducible to each other: an agent whose execution reputation rises while its template reputation falls has no basis in per-surface reflection alone for reallocating compute between those surfaces, which is exactly the question cross-surface reflection answers.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- agents active on more than one generative surface

**Source quote.**

> An agent whose execution reputation is rising and whose template reputation is falling has no reason, on per-surface reflection alone, to reallocate compute from Σ_E to Σ_K; the reallocation is precisely the question that cross-surface reflection answers.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Possibility Loops An Operational Architecture for Computative Economics in Agent Coordination Systems* (2026), IV.B The R requirement, page 11

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Possibility Loops An Operational Architecture for Computative Economics in Agent Coordination Systems (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6655138

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**Topics.** reputation

**Keywords.** reflection-operator, cross-surface-reflection, compute-allocation, reputation

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