Comment by dang

I said I'd be interested, not that I would automatically agree! That would be a bit silly to commit to, no?

If you're going to mention a "plain and obvious" example, you should link to it so users can make up their own minds about how plain and obvious it is.

Re contradictions: there probably are contradictions in the principles I've been describing, because the problem we're trying to solve is complex enough to involve tradeoffs. Perhaps this is what whalesalad means by "You can’t have your cake and eat it too bud."