Principlev1
Treat small-scale success as proof of concept rather than
Treat small-scale success as proof of concept rather than proof of scalability — larger scales encounter forces that small scales never test.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Complex systems that work evolved from simple systems that (complex systems evolved from simple systems) and Catastrophic failures in complex systems rarely result from (catastrophic failures from aligned failures through layers). Properties are nonlinear across scale changes.