An OH Stress Test of Thompson’s Message. matrix 
The phrase “we sense” can be reconstructed not only as epistemic caution but as collective ventriloquism: a perception is attributed to the group in advance, reducing the legitimacy of dissent and recruiting alignment through presumed consensus.
“Groundbreaking work together” performs dual work: it elevates the collective while simultaneously authorizing a narrator who can legitimately speak for that collective in public contexts.
The coupling of “together” with “I lay some hints” establishes an asymmetry: collective achievement is affirmed, but interpretive authority is individualized, producing a spokesperson position without explicit appointment.
“I lay some hints” functions as a device of asymmetric accountability: it permits prestige claims while suspending obligations of definition, explanation, or proof, shifting interpretive labor to recipients.
The use of “we might call” can be reconstructed as pre-emptive concept capture: the label enters circulation already indexed to a moment, a speaker, and an originating group, even while framed as provisional.
The sequence as a whole supports a latent structure of status management under conditions of uncertainty: visibility is claimed, but commitments are deferred; inclusion is signaled, but access to meaning remains mediated.
A decisive hermeneutic test lies in follow-up communication: if the concept remains permanently promissory and clarification is selectively dispensed, the gatekeeping reconstruction gains priority over the invitational one.