The Discipline of Not Fooling Ourselves: Episode 5 — Compliance Without Causality

Why evidence that cannot explain is worse than no evidence at all. Where We Stand By this point in the drift, the system has achieved something that looks like stability. The right artifacts exist. Language is consistent. Ambiguity resolves quickly. Reviews proceed without friction. Audits return findings that are manageable, expected, and closed without difficulty. Nothing obvious is missing. No alarm has sounded. No process has been formally bypassed. But something quieter has changed — someth