A democracy trades uncertainty for competence and cannot prove anything went wrong. The Continuity System turns my long-running question about institutions into fiction.
Across more than three decades of professional experience, I have kept returning to a single problem in different settings: why organizations that know what to do so often fail to do it.
The novel follows the strategist, the true believers, the technicians, and the investigator who cannot prove what he can see.
The counties, districts, and organizations in this novel are invented. It is a work of fiction.
Questions to read with
When does helping become power?
Follow how reliable service becomes influence in the approved story description. Where would you place the boundary?
What does consent mean when the alternative works less well?
The novel asks about a democracy trading uncertainty for competence. Consider what a meaningful choice would require.
Can a system be lawful and still difficult to challenge?
Daniel Mercer cannot prove what he can see. Ask what accountability would look like beyond the discovery of a crime.