The most dangerous costs are the ones you postpone. They don’t disappear; they compound and later they arrive with interest. There is a tax you are already paying. You just don’t see it on the invoice. It’s the tax of deferred costs. Deferred costs are what happens when a system chooses “not now.” Not now for maintenance. Not now for rest. Not now for trust repair. Not now for ecological repair. Not now for clarity. Not now for governance that can actually steer. In the sho