# Making a thing legible puts it at risk of social destruction If something is legible you can actually argue about it and falsify its claims. There is something to legibility about exposing the assertions and actions that underly a thing. And because [[Demystifying something makes it legible]] people mystify things to protect them from social destruction. [[Understanding a thing has to do with intuiting the affordances of a thing]] ### Related to * [[Being mystifying is a way to hedge]] * [[Demystification involves a lot of context]] <!-- #evergreen --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Making+a+thing+legible+puts+it+at+risk+of+social+destruction) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Making+a+thing+legible+puts+it+at+risk+of+social+destruction)