In my experience, a quest to be perfect is a quest to be simple and thoughtless.
When perfection is assumed (typically w/o evidence) to be the best outcome, it dismisses the need for evaluation and consideration. Collateral damage is an acceptable cost by default and nuance is a distraction to be buried.
I think perfect can be well compared to a rainbow's end. It is a mirage, seen only at a distance but can not be traveled to. It is nowhere and nothing.
Lastly, perfect is not the same thing as best. And even best is (at best) a broad indicator of where a better outcome might be. It has value as a direction to go. Perfect has not even that.
When perfection is assumed (typically w/o evidence) to be the best outcome, it dismisses the need for evaluation and consideration. Collateral damage is an acceptable cost by default and nuance is a distraction to be buried.
I think perfect can be well compared to a rainbow's end. It is a mirage, seen only at a distance but can not be traveled to. It is nowhere and nothing.
Lastly, perfect is not the same thing as best. And even best is (at best) a broad indicator of where a better outcome might be. It has value as a direction to go. Perfect has not even that.