Concept · Glossary
Query Stack
Understand query stack in ordinary language first. The exact definition and manuscript source follow below.
In ordinary words
A functional map of four layers: orientation, selection, weighting, and framing. The stack is not proposed as a neural architecture or a conscious checklist.
What this does not prove
Use this as a handle for noticing a pattern, not as a label that settles a person or event.
The four questions are simple enough to remember and difficult enough to be worth asking.
Orientation: What problem am I currently trying to solve?
Morgan is not only trying to interpret the message. Morgan is trying to prove decisiveness. That hidden task changes the whole render.
Selection: What entered attention, and what did not?
The word today entered. The word approved entered. The possibility of a missing referent did not. Neither did the fact that the executive often dictates messages between meetings and assumes context other people do not have.
Weighting: What is carrying more force than the present evidence alone would justify?
The old label cautious is heavy. So is Friday urgency. So is the authority of the sender.