Persona chip · layer 2 · drive
Software that wants something
One stalled deal. One standing goal: no deal silent over 72 hours. Nobody prompts the chip — advance the clock and watch it measure, act, vary its angle, and know when to quit.
Wake clock — 14 daysDay 0.0
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Pursuit
TargetAcme Fabrication — $90k expansion
Statusactive
Goal gap—
EV estimate—
Attempts0 / 4
Last angle—
Drive traits (the governors)
Persistence4 attempts max, backoff 24→48→96h
Angle rotationvalue-recap → new-stakeholder → case-study → breakup
Initiative thresholdgap ≥ 0.35
Sunk-cost floorEV < −0.25 ⇒ abandon
Autonomypropose (human approves)
Mission log
Day 0.0
Standing goal armed: no deal silent > 72h. The goal persists — it does not evaporate between sessions.