The 260731 link from Pluralistic talks about the tendency of people asking for permissions for any usage of a copyrighted work:

Pluralistic: Better to beg forgiveness (31 Jul 2026)
From its inception, I've loved Creative Commons. I hung out with Lisa Rein, Matt Haughey and Aaron Swartz while they coded up the first version of the site, and my first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, was the first professionally published text ever released under a CC license, just weeks after CC itself launched:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/31/just-do-it/

I think this reflects a broader phenomenon where people tend to prioritize information. This includes rules such as laws, ethics, doctrines, logical correctness, and anything that can be turned into a tidy paragraph which begins with "You should always...". An anarchist may reject state laws, but still constrain their actions in moral boundaries.

A more natural approach is to turn it backwards and prioritize actions over information. The rules are not programmed into the world around us. Breaking a rule is an action and its consequences are usually manageable or even negligible. Instead of trying to avoid anything that may break a rule, evaluating the consequences is often more productive.

The title of this post feels awkward and sounds too similar to "it's ok to make mistakes". What I want to express here is: it's ok to make mistakes, even if we know they are mistakes beforehand.