🔒 The Illusion of Safety
🔒 The Illusion of Safety
Modern institutions increasingly justify friction, surveillance, and control in the name of safety. This essay argues that much of what is labeled “security” today is actually liability management — systems designed to protect institutions from blame rather than people from harm. True safety does not emerge from endless verification or procedural opacity, but from accountability, legibility, and agency. A world optimized for legal defensibility may feel secure, yet leave individuals more exposed than before.
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