Daily Archives: December 25, 2025

Total Withdrawal Events in Contemporary Institutions: Frequency, Causes, and Sectoral Risk Patterns Across the Economy

Executive Summary Total withdrawal events—instances in which all or nearly all frontline workers, staff, or volunteers disengage simultaneously—are relatively rare but disproportionately consequential. When they occur, they signal not ordinary dissatisfaction but a collapse of institutional legitimacy, often preceded by … Continue reading

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White Paper: The Post Office Horizon Scandal: Legal and Moral Implications—and What It Teaches About Technology Management

Executive summary The UK Post Office Horizon scandal is a canonical failure of socio-technical governance: an accounting system (Horizon, supplied by Fujitsu) produced apparent “shortfalls,” and those shortfalls were treated—organizationally and legally—as proof of human dishonesty rather than as a … Continue reading

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Invisible Culture and Everyday Power

Power is often imagined as loud: uniforms, proclamations, police lines, ideological slogans. Yet some of the most durable forms of power are quiet, ambient, and rarely named. They operate not through command but through expectation, not through force but through … Continue reading

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White Paper: Providence, Permission, and the So-Called “Fall”: A Biblicist Examination of Genesis 2–3

Executive Summary An enduring theological dispute concerns whether the sin of Adam and Eve should properly be called “the Fall,” or whether it should instead be understood as a deliberately designed and planned act within God’s redemptive purposes. Some argue … Continue reading

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