Getting Ahead by Being Inefficient

There is, however, something to be said for inefficiency: not doing everything perfectly, expending extra energy, making mistakes, trying new things—and possibly sucking at them. But in times of change, the inefficiency that forced the mammal to supplement the leftovers it could scrounge when the bird was sleeping is an advantage. The mammal could explore and find new opportunities, but that bird was never going to leave the trees.

Source: fs.blog