Cross Meridian Without Cross
Chapter 16 - Cross Meridian Without Cross
The company changed its name to Meridian Public Systems.
Grace Chen remained CEO.
Employee representatives, patent engineers, customer advocates, and independent ethics officers joined the board.
Elena transferred her algorithm license into a public-benefit trust with strict restrictions against private coercive control.
Ward Sovereign reduced its ownership over five years.
Victor approved.
A family trust had prevented one theft.
Distributed governance would reduce the risk of the next.
Elena served a fixed two-year technical role.
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She refused permanent chairmanship.
“I wrote the original algorithm,” she told employees. “That does not qualify me to rule every person who uses it.”
