PERFECTION IS FLAWED

Hitler was an idiot.

Hitler strove to create a perfect society, the Arian race, but if he ever reached his goals, the very fact of having a perfect race would mean that this race is perfectly flawed. The very fact that it is “perfect” suddenly makes it flawed, because by being perfect, it is now vulnerable.

This is because “perfection” is dependent on external conditions. A “perfect product” is matched to a person’s wants and needs. A “perfect coat” is matched to a person’s body. A “perfect species” is matched to its surroundings. But because perfection is dependent on this ideal match between an object and its environment, any changes in the external conditions will change the match between the object and its environment, and thus making it no longer “perfect”.

Since external conditions change, what was once perfect is now flawed. A perfect gene pool will never exist because the external environment changes. Sure, if you lived during the Ice Age and you were a dude who was so harry that you had to shave your back on your 11th birthday, you were perfectly matched to your environment. However, the environment has changed. A hairy back just isn’t quite the social symbol (and survival symbol) that it used to be.

It is a fundamental fact of any healthy system that it actually needs imperfection! Flaws and errors are required for a healthy environment/school/corporation/country because while these “errors” are currently mismatched with their environment, things may change one day to make them a perfect match. Human evolution occurs because errors are constantly created within our DNA, and sometimes, when the conditions change, these “errors” are actually “just right”.

If you analyze how things change and evolve over time, the conclusion is inescapable: we NEED variation, deviants, errors, and rabble-rousers to provide the variety necessary for future growth.

If you want to be a healthy environment/school/corporation/country, you better not kill everything that is “different” because, one day, when the environment changes, these imperfections may save your life.

I don’t strive for perfection in my work. I strive for something that is much more agile, sustainable, and adaptable. I strive for excellence.