Bullying and Brain Drain

In the last post, I talked about what happens when expertise is pushed aside.

The next step isn't loud.

It's quiet.

People leave.

Sometimes physically-taking jobs in other countries, choosing different places to build. But often, it happens in a quieter way:

They disengage.

They stop participating in conversations that don't go anywhere.

They stop investing effort where it has no return.

Because there is no value in applying truth to a system that won't process it.

This is what brain drain really looks like:

Not a sudden collapse. A gradual loss of signal.

The people who could improve the system decide it's not worth the effort.

And when that happens, something important shifts. The system doesn't just lose people. It changes who's left.

That matters more than it seems.

Because the next step depends on it.

Next in the series:
AI and What It Amplifies

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