Really enjoyed this! I’m curious why you say people need to pick their partners “very very quickly”— is that a result of common knowledge eroding / changing faster than it has before?
Because systems and institutions are going to fail, and you need to know who you can rely on. The semantic war will become a material one day by day, as we actually blow up or allow to erode norms and systems we take for granted.
Ask yourself: In a hypothetical where someone from "Government" sends out emails to, say, 401k custodians, telling them they need all your clients PII (which you know is illegal), how confident are you your custodian will say "No" until forced to by a court.
When DOGE accidentally just blows up, say, FCRA, and your client gets their identity stolen and theres no CFPB left, do you trust that their bank will *actively* help enforce their credit reset without any government mandate to do so?
When you get sick in a few weeks from some food born illness because we suspended food inspections on a now-understaffed meatpacking line, Do you trust Stop & Shop, Aldis or Kroger to "make it right?" Why?
THOSE are the kinds of trust relationships we all just completely take for granted now at our peril.
The Banality of Evil
Really enjoyed this! I’m curious why you say people need to pick their partners “very very quickly”— is that a result of common knowledge eroding / changing faster than it has before?
Because systems and institutions are going to fail, and you need to know who you can rely on. The semantic war will become a material one day by day, as we actually blow up or allow to erode norms and systems we take for granted.
Ask yourself: In a hypothetical where someone from "Government" sends out emails to, say, 401k custodians, telling them they need all your clients PII (which you know is illegal), how confident are you your custodian will say "No" until forced to by a court.
When DOGE accidentally just blows up, say, FCRA, and your client gets their identity stolen and theres no CFPB left, do you trust that their bank will *actively* help enforce their credit reset without any government mandate to do so?
When you get sick in a few weeks from some food born illness because we suspended food inspections on a now-understaffed meatpacking line, Do you trust Stop & Shop, Aldis or Kroger to "make it right?" Why?
THOSE are the kinds of trust relationships we all just completely take for granted now at our peril.
that makes sense -- thanks for the perspective!