This feels like a TDT-style generalization of the linguistic concept of performative utterances. If there were no colloquium scheduled and I said “the colloquium is at 3pm on Wednesday”, that would be a performative utterance. But if it were already scheduled for that time, then under the usual definition, the same sentence would not be a performative utterance. This seems weird.
In the generalized version, which you’re calling narrative syncing, there is still a self-fulfilling aspect, but instead of being localized to a specific utterance, it’s more like a TDT decision node, possibly shared between multiple people.
This feels like a TDT-style generalization of the linguistic concept of performative utterances. If there were no colloquium scheduled and I said “the colloquium is at 3pm on Wednesday”, that would be a performative utterance. But if it were already scheduled for that time, then under the usual definition, the same sentence would not be a performative utterance. This seems weird.
In the generalized version, which you’re calling narrative syncing, there is still a self-fulfilling aspect, but instead of being localized to a specific utterance, it’s more like a TDT decision node, possibly shared between multiple people.