Intervention carries costs that stay invisible when the harm is diffuse and the cure is credited.
Doing nothing is an option with a real expected value, and it is structurally undervalued because nobody is ever promoted for it.
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supports →Improvement usually comes from removal — subtract the harmful before adding the helpful.The asymmetry that justifies subtraction: the benefits of intervening are attributed, the damages are dispersed, so the feedback loop systematically over-rewards action.