Human fallibility, rather than being a liability, is an asset when it comes to creativity. It is our ability to embrace randomness, luck, and flexibility that often leads to breakthroughs. Fleming himself acknowledged this, saying, “One sometimes finds what one is not looking for. When I woke up just after dawn on Sept. 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic. But I guess that’s exactly what I did.”
