I think technical debt is "double" the risk with "double" the reward. I can incur and leverage technical debt to pay dividends now and may never have to pay it

I think technical debt is "double" the risk with "double" the reward. I can incur and leverage technical debt to pay dividends now and may never have to pay it back, I may have to pay it back "at cost", or it may cost more in the future due to interest.