The part that lands hardest is the idea that the system isn’t broken. It’s doing exactly what it was designed to do: preserve familiarity. Merit threatens hierarchy.
Precisely. Once familiarity becomes the benchmark, anything that challenges it can feel disruptive, even when it’s simply competence expressed differently.
The part that lands hardest is the idea that the system isn’t broken. It’s doing exactly what it was designed to do: preserve familiarity. Merit threatens hierarchy.
Comfort protects it.
Precisely. Once familiarity becomes the benchmark, anything that challenges it can feel disruptive, even when it’s simply competence expressed differently.