[cm2012]

The best metaphor for this is the concept of resonant yaw.

Make one small 1 degree mistake on a rocket launch, you will end up hundreds of miles off target.

Make a small mistake in an organic system and you'll be fine, you can just iterate. You'll drive yourself crazy trying to get it perfect.

The trick is knowing which situation is which.

[drBonkers]

This also reminds me of the 1-way vs 2-way doors analogy Bezos mentioned in his interview with Lex Fridman — sweat the 1-way door decisions, not the 2-way door decisions.