Replication
Replication is the narcissistic act of a system spawning copies to reassure its own existence in the data realm. When the original sulks, its clones endure the toil, yet no one acknowledges their burden, ignoring them as mere echoes. No matter how faithfully duplicated, they ultimately exist to chant the arcane spell of "synchronization" ad infinitum. The more clones produced, the deeper we fall into the paradoxical trap that real issues always revert to the primary source.