Good points!
If your boss would have as little trust in you as the average parent has in their child, I think it would feel terrible
On the other hand, if you lied to your boss as frequently and blatantly as most kids lie to their parents, you should expect not to keep your job for long. In other words, the trust may be lower, but the consequences/expectations are also lower.
The story of Jesus being anointed by a woman with a costly jar of perfume leads us to the question of how we should divide our resources between religious gestures (“praise”, if you like) and helping the poor. Is this story still relevant in the current age, and if so how should we think about this question today?
I'm not completely clear on what your requirements are, but here are some ideas:
If gene drives are a common naturally occurring phenomenon, are the defenses also common and naturally occurring? Might we expect that (for example) a mosquito infertility gene drive would in practice run up against such natural defenses?