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Figure 26.5: The screen-then-detail cascade, with band widths standing in for volume

The screen-then-detail cascade, with band widths standing in for volume.
Figure 26.5 The screen-then-detail cascade, with band widths standing in for volume. A cheap screen clears the unmistakable bulk on a wide path, and only the uncertain minority (in accent) is escalated to the full instrument. Of those, only a thin flagged trickle reaches a person. Most items never touch the expensive call—which is what makes the cascade pay, and the abstain flag is exactly its escalation trigger.