Silence as Interface

Most interfaces try to reassure. They animate, explain, confirm. This is unnecessary. Silence communicates confidence far more effectively than feedback ever could.

A system that must constantly justify itself is not stable. It is pleading. Interfaces should behave the way institutions do: present, legible, and indifferent to validation.

When a user pauses, the system should not rush to fill the gap. Absence is not an error state. It is a posture.