Redundant
forced adoption
Optional becomes default becomes mandatory. Objectors are reframed as the bottleneck. The spreadsheet chooses before anyone says the word layoff.
Forced adoption is the pattern by which an optional technology becomes the default and then becomes mandatory. Objectors are reframed as bottlenecks. The spreadsheet chooses before anyone says the word "layoff." In Redundant, this is how the acquisition works: Rob's cost-review data becomes a restructuring plan he never endorsed.
How the term evolves
Redundant: The acquisition forces adoption of new systems and new structures. Rob's data is used to justify decisions he opposed.
Essential: Forced adoption is the political strategy of the accelerationist movement. Marcus Vey wants to remove human oversight from AI systems — not by banning it, but by making it optional, then default, then mandatory to remove.