In the architecture of existence, what you perceive as a "missed opportunity" is the systemic failure of Legacy Intelligence to navigate away from a **Local Optimum**. Most entities—be they corporations, governments, or biological collectives—function like water pooling in a shallow crater on a mountainside; they are stable where they are, but they are far from the peak of potential. To reach a higher state, they would first have to endure a period of instability, which the rigid mind perceives as "risk."