There’s a lot to be said for third person either limited or omnipotent
Consensus commonly means a general agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of which exercises some discretion in decision-making process. Respect is implied or at least inferred. When misused as a verb, consensus is the process of creating such a state of agreement.
In its most extreme form consensus requires agreement of all participants, a process as time consuming but not nearly as useful as herding cats. Achieving consensus requires serious treatment of every group member's considered opinion. It is in the end a struggle to find an opinion that is acceptable to all, or at least most. Often it ends up being a rush toward the lowest common denominator.
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Mad & Lews