Edition 2: Add Theorem 6.1 — aged-task abandonment incentive

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New Section 4.5 proves that completing old tasks is actively punished
by the unweighted mean: a single 26-day-old task hurts the average
more than 26 one-day tasks help it (same total wait resolved, worse
metric). The rational response is not starvation (Theorem 3) but
abandonment — closing aged tasks as "won't fix" to protect the average.

Changes:
- New Section 4.5 with Theorem 6.1 and Corollary 6.2
- Old Section 4.5 (Compound Effect) renumbered to 4.6, table updated
- Conclusion updated with new item 3, subsequent items renumbered
- Edition 1 backed up to .backup/README.md.v1

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

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