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falling backward on faith, betting a stranger's arms beat gravity's opinion.
means a team-building exercise where you fall backward and let someone catch you, meant to build reliance through staged vulnerability.
from popularized by corporate retreats and outdoor education programs in the 1970s-80s, borrowing from cooperative games designed to simulate risk without actual danger.
real riskpeople do drop people, regularly
military rootsused in early group cohesion drills
ironyoften performed by coworkers who dont trust each other