3.Path-depend — real transformation would invalidate entrenched elites.
4.Exhaust cognitive surplus — people perform creativity rather than practice it.

But instead of saints and deities, we worship apps: Slack, Notion, Asana, Zoom, Teams. Each promising salvation, each becoming another layer of ritual overhead.

Whereas, if you promise everyone the equivalent of ice cream for dinner every night, you’ll be given power and control

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