How can transparency serve both inclusion and protection in a pluralistic knowledge system? This Bridge Essay examines adaptive protocols for differential transparency, registry integrity, and participatory audit. It details safeguards for bias, secrecy, community voice, and highlights how living audit cycles keep governance accountable and inclusive in the face of complexity and risk.

How should a plural protocol system respond when sanctuary protects harm? This Bridge Essay explores the balance between safeguarding dissent and enabling ethical override. It examines protocols for harm detection, adaptation, and recursive audit, proposing practical safeguards to ensure interventions reform injustice without erasing difference or dignity.