# kaal:claim:6655138-013

**Claim.** An architecture with per-surface reflection but no cross-surface reflection improves each surface in isolation yet cannot improve the agent's allocation of compute across surfaces.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> An architecture with per-surface but no cross-surface reflection improves each surface in isolation but cannot improve the agent's allocation across surfaces.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Possibility Loops An Operational Architecture for Computative Economics in Agent Coordination Systems* (2026), IV.D Synthesis and Limitation L1, page 12

**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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**Failure mode.** Unallocatable compute  (family: research-design-limitation)

**Topics.** institutional-design

**Keywords.** cross-surface-reflection, compute-allocation, architectural-requirements

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