We note some more imaginative use and misuse of the metaphor in disciplines well outside its intended contribution.
The Toxic Bubble of Technical Debt Threatening America:
Climate change will soon expose a crippling problem embedded in the nation’s infrastructure. In fire-ravaged California, it already has. atlantic 
Writer Quinn Norton on how California's wildfires are caused in large part by infrastructure decays, or the "technical debt" being accumulated by the state, and governments around the country. npr
https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/otm/otm110119_cms970409_pod.mp3 NPR's On the Media