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Abstraction laddering · Two delivery experiments

Deliver Without Going

Change how you deliver without changing what must be achieved.

Send the person or the content?

Original request: “Build a path so the courier can carry the opening code on paper into the duty room.”

The requested human delivery has a feasible route too. Compare whether other methods save construction, while preserving acceptance requirements.

Change method and view rules ↓
C1 → C5 · Carry it thereCost 0 of 8

Click adjacent cells to extend; click an earlier cell to retreat. No passing through walls or connecting diagonally.

Start at C1. Click adjacent cells to reach C5. You can first try the requested pedestrian route.

Ask downward: what other methods could work?

Back to the route map ↑

Current method: Carry it there
Total route cost:0 of 8 points

Budget: 8 points. Setup costs 0; entering each cell costs extra. The sender cell is free; the recipient cell costs 1. Editing and retrying do not spend the budget.

Movement rules for this map
FloorPerson 1 · Object 1 · Signal 1
Cable holePerson × · Object × · Signal 1
Signal shieldingPerson 1 · Object 1 · Signal ×

Numbers are construction points for entering that cell; × means impassable. Crossing water requires different facilities. Pallet tracks cannot climb stairs.