The thing is, the concept seems to imply a decaying awareness of what's necessary. I don't think the concept is applicable here - PG&E, the utility, had report

The thing is, the concept seems to imply a decaying awareness of what's necessary. I don't think the concept is applicable here - PG&E, the utility, had reports describing the level of repairs their lines needed and chose to instead not to perform those repairs and return money to their stockholders - so there's a consciousness here.