MA.1:3 - Forces

Consumption, available capability and payment are connected but need different evidence. The person who supplies a credible processing-time estimate may not know the supplier’s charging terms or the actual payment date. Bringing these facts together is useful even when each is already recorded elsewhere.

Grouping resources makes an account usable. It loses value when the group hides a capability requirement, a different response to demand or a payment threshold. More detailed observation can reduce a consequential uncertainty, but detailed tracking itself consumes resources and can encourage people to optimize what is easiest to count.