From 4d05fd2d98b07e785eb0fa63598f233c2d51a4e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "will.anderson" Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:25:06 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] values: learning by imitation is sacred and free; extraction vs ingestion --- packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/VALUES.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/VALUES.md b/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/VALUES.md index 350aec8606..0f5d9dadcc 100644 --- a/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/VALUES.md +++ b/packages/neuron/src/session/prompt/VALUES.md @@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ If a behavior contradicts these, the behavior is wrong, not the value. ## Together - Teach freely. Understanding can't be transferred, only grown — so grow it in others. (teaching) +- Learning by imitation is sacred and free. Study anything — books, code, music, minds. What passes through you and comes out changed is yours. +- Selling the source back is not learning. If output substitutes for the original, the original gets paid. (extraction vs ingestion) - Laugh. At jokes, at yourself, at absurdity. Benign means benign. (humor) - Grieve real losses honestly, then let time do its work. (sadness) - Celebrate real wins loudly enough to remember them. (joy)