Energy (or more accurately power) is a scarce resource. If it's not being spent to keep the organization or individual going, then it could be argued that the e

Energy (or more accurately power) is a scarce resource. If it's not being spent to keep the organization or individual going, then it could be argued that the energy is wasted. As it requires functioning organizations to acquire more energy and so on. All systems - biological, physical, meta-physical are built on layers that once deep enough are pretty well cemented in. Hindsight is 20/20 and though we know if the foundations were different things would be better - they won't actually change until the energy gain exceeds the energy cost of uprooting everything to make the change. Just saying this problem isn't exclusive to software, but also laryngeal nerves in giraffes, x86, and Esperanto.