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Replaced every bottom-of-section 'See also:' block with inline Org-mode file: links at the first natural mention in body text. All 29 files across the economics directory now use wiki-style inline cross-references rather than standalone reference blocks.
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#+title: Cost Structure — Zero Marginal Cost
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#+filetags: :passepartout:economics:cost:marginal:zero:
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- **One-time cost:** [[file:gate-rule-encoding.org][gate-rule encoding]] for a domain (from hours for codified domains up to months for tacit domains)
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- **Near-zero marginal cost:** ACL2 proof + Screamer consistency check + VivaceGraph lookup per interaction — all CPU-native, all in-image
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- **No recurring LLM API costs** for the 80% symbolic reasoning layer
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- **After [[file:sufficiency-flip.org][sufficiency flip]]:** pennies per day vs dollars per day for LLM-only
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The cost curve inverts: generation is expensive, verification is cheap. This is the inversion Passepartout exploits. This is the core insight of [[file:lisp-economics.org][Lisp economics]] — symbolic verification costs approach zero while LLM token costs remain constant.
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Token demand shifts from "every interaction burns tokens" to "only unfamiliar interactions burn tokens." Steady-state per-user LLM consumption drops by an order of magnitude.
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