> The context is smarter than you. It holds more nuance and information than you can fit in your head. Collaborate with it.
Sometimes, I feel like our mental models can form outside of a context (e.g., a classroom setting), and we are tempted to "force" the context to mold to the existing mental model. The problem, as the author describes, is the context tends to be far more complex than your rudimentary mental model.
Instead of forcing the mental model, allow the context to inform and grow it to be reasonable for the current situation. I find this particularly valuable in the field of platform engineering where this sort of behavior is prevalent. Every software team is different, and contexts can vary to a large degree. Instead of taking "the best platform approach" and trying to make your team conform to it, go "be" in the team and let that experience inform what the "best platform approach" is.