{
 "format": "LSC-1",
 "lsc": "LSC-1",
 "edition": "E1",
 "cut": "2026-10-09",
 "name": "THE CHOICE CARD",
 "handle": "choice-card",
 "number": "Nº 1154",
 "house": "THE LABORATORY",
 "wing": "SIGNAL AND SENSE",
 "role": "how long a choice takes",
 "tagline": "The choice law of 1952: picking one of n known options takes time in proportion to the bits of the choice, log₂(n + 1). The time, the bits when some options come up more, and menus flat or grouped.",
 "sigil": "H",
 "hue": "#2F7D3A",
 "punch": "AF66FC985185B21D01F3F053",
 "punch_of": "SKILL.md · sha-256 · first 24",
 "score": 98,
 "tier": "LEGENDARY",
 "layer": "WITNESSED",
 "score_line": "SELFTEST 8/8 · THREE COMMANDS ON THE RECORD",
 "honest_line": "I'm an AI reading a card. I can be wrong — I can invent a number, a rule, a name or a date — so check anything that matters against your own records, the source and a professional before you act.",
 "term": "one purchase · yours to keep · nothing renews itself",
 "free": false,
 "wakes": "someone designs a menu or a set of choices, or asks why more options slow people down",
 "loop": [
  "time <n> · the bits and the time",
  "weighted <shares> · uneven odds",
  "split <n> <groups> · flat or nested",
  "say where the law stops",
  "put common choices first"
 ],
 "laws": [
  "**Bits, not count.** Doubling the options adds one bit, not double the time.",
  "**The +1.** The choice includes whether to respond at all; one option is still one bit.",
  "**Uneven odds help.** When some options are common the bits fall; the card counts them.",
  "**Flat often wins.** Two steps add their own start time; groups pay off only when they spare reading a long list.",
  "**Known options only.** A list a person has to read grows with its length; the card says so every time.",
  "**a and b are a guess.** The defaults are a starting point, not a measurement."
 ],
 "never": [
  "apply the law to options read one by one",
  "present the default a and b as measured",
  "call nested menus faster without the count"
 ],
 "machine": "scripts/choice.py · time · weighted · split · selftest",
 "proof": "selftest 8/8 · THREE commands on the record",
 "faces": [
  "card.svg",
  "card-machine.svg"
 ],
 "box": [
  "SKILL.md",
  "CARD.md",
  "TIN.md",
  "START-HERE.md",
  "LICENSE-NOTE.md",
  "THE-CLAUSES.md",
  "MY-LEDGER.md",
  "WITNESS.md",
  "SELFTEST.md",
  "AUDIT.md",
  "MANIFEST.md",
  "HOSTS.md",
  "scripts/choice.py",
  "references/THE-LAWS.md",
  "rules/ (4 doors)",
  "system/ (2 prompts)",
  "mcp/mcp_card.py",
  "card.json",
  "card.svg",
  "card-machine.svg",
  "card.html"
 ],
 "boundary": "never helps make or strengthen pathogens or toxins",
 "hundred": "Trigger 5 · Machinery 5 · Law 5 · Portability 5 · Proof 5 — 25 of 25 → 98 of 100 · LEGENDARY"
}