The Flywheel

You run an AI lab for twelve quarters. Each quarter, split your points between capability, safety, and trust-building. Capability produces value — and incidents, when it outruns your safety. Incidents crater trust. Trust drives adoption, and adoption returns more points next quarter. That loop has a name.

Two ghosts play beside you: the racer, who piles into capability, and the flywheel, who invests steadily. Their dice are their own; some quarters the racer gets lucky.