The eternal dance between order and chaos defines everything worth paying attention to. Push too hard toward perfect order, and you get rigidity - systems calcify, innovation suffocates, adaptation becomes impossible. Think about blockchain protocols: over-govern them and they become brittle, unable to respond to market dynamics or emerging use cases.

But pure chaos? That's just noise. What matters is tension - the sweet spot where enough structure exists to prevent collapse, yet enough flexibility remains for evolution. A protocol locked in place becomes a fossil. A mind trapped in absolutes becomes a prison.

The best systems, whether markets or networks, breathe. They bend without breaking.