Lol I use software every day that was written in COBOL. It would cost billions to replace. So leadership never wants to add that expense to their budget so they just hobble along and leave it for the next people.
If you liquefied every human on earth and poured them all into one cube, it would only be about 800M per side. Humans collectively aren't that significant.
For comparison all insects would take up a 1km cube.
As soon as I walk in the room my dog will roll right over and fully expose her belly for those rubs.
Where I live, ground settling causes problems with utilities. Gas company had to come last week to redo line to my house because it had dropped a foot.
By affecting their sleeping... The horror...
True but you don't expect it to have toxic materials or burst into flames..