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Albert Hirschman — exit takes the complaint with it

Churn is not a number to minimise. It is a diagnosis you already lost, walking out the door without telling you why.

2026-11-05 · Albert Hirschman

Elinor Ostrom — decentralisation is a maintenance practice

The commons scholar's real lesson is not that shared resources can be governed, but that governance is a recurring cost nobody budgets for after launch.

2026-11-05 · Elinor Ostrom