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These issues can stem from division among decision-makers which takes root in unfair consequences of decisions among different decision-makers. One mitigation route is Skin in the Game thinking, which enforces transparency, fairness and shared responsibility during collective decision-making under uncertainty. This article illustrates characteristics which require Skin in the Game thinking in Technical Debt (TD) identification, measurement, prioritisation and monitoring. We point out crucial problems in TD monitoring rooted in asymmetric information and asymmetric payoff between different factions of decision-makers. A systematic TD monitoring method is presented to mitigate the said problems. The method leverages Replicator Dynamics and Behavioural Learning. The method supports decision-makers with automated TD monitoring decisions; it informs decision-makers when human interventions are required. 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