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Why high-trust societies are ditching spreadsheets
The hidden cost of “free” tools when finance and security share one fragile sheet.
Spreadsheets win early because they’re infinite and familiar. The trouble starts when a society’s operational graph outgrows one grid: guards need live truth, treasurers need immutable history, and residents need receipts—not a forwarded photo of row 482.
The fix isn’t “a better sheet.” It’s a system where permissions, notifications, and audit trails are first-class—so committees stop being accidental database administrators.
Padosi is built around that shift: fewer silent errors, fewer midnight reconciliations, and more energy for the human decisions software can’t make.