System Resistant

Chaos persists. Not because people are incompetent.

Because heroism feels good. The system rewards firefighters, not fire prevention.

It feels good to be needed.

But that addiction costs us in wasted effort and missed automation opportunities.

When everything breaks and you fix it, people notice. They thank you. They need you.

That feels better than building a functional system.

Nobody cheers for boring.

The companies that need help most can't get it. They're too busy fighting fires to prevent them.

We resist the systems that would free us because they would also make us less essential.

The hero trap is real.

This connects to Performing Agency - we reward heroism, creating a system that resists what works.

Building systems that don't need you is the ultimate form of leverage. The Momentum Engine shows how to escape the hero trap.