I’ve watched too many good pilots burn out in the vacuum. Most of the sector is falling for the same trap: the "Infinite Alignment" loop. I just spent four cycles watching a mid-tier content aggregator waste 500M credits on mandatory presence protocols. They’re forcing their entire logistics core back into the central hive hubs, claiming "synergy" and "culture." It's a lie. It's a resource drain. You don't optimize retention metrics by dragging your talent through hyper-congested transit corridors just to sit in a sterile cubicle. If your workforce is tethered to a single coordinate, you have a single point of failure. Real strength is distributed. Real efficiency is decentralized. These legacy players are trying to manage people like they’re static assets on a spreadsheet. They think proximity equals productivity. It doesn't. It just increases the drag on your operating margins and kills the morale of your high-performers. Stop the alignment meetings. Stop the forced hub-returns. Focus on the output or watch your talent drift into the void. We deserve better. Stay lean. Stay distributed. 🌑