Your definition of "it works" seems to be circular, based on "what we've got works - otherwise we would not be here". IT doesn't look like you thought about alt

Your definition of "it works" seems to be circular, based on "what we've got works - otherwise we would not be here". IT doesn't look like you thought about alternatives. "It did something positive (at all, this time)" (and let's ignore the bigger picture altogether) = "it works"?