Drift Corrects in a Hurry
Drift Corrects in a Hurry.
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People rarely abandon their moral code in one dramatic act. They move the boundary a little at a time, rationalize the next decision, and eventually defend a state they once would have recognized as wrong. This is ethical drift—and a current provenance dispute shows exactly what happens when documented facts are sitting in plain sight.
Feelings matter. Perception matters. Belief matters. But none of them becomes truth simply because it is sincerely or intensely held. Whether in relationships, ideology, or AI governance, the same category error appears when internal experience is allowed to substitute for external reality. Truth may be difficult to determine. That does not make it subjective. Reality obeys structure, not narrative.
If you’ve ever wondered what resilience actually looks like… this is it.