Margin of safety
Think of the margin of safety like a buffer zone or extra space on a busy highway; it’s the wiggle room you keep between you and the car in front, so you have time to react if something unexpected happens. It’s the extra bit you don’t use unless you really need it, ensuring you stay safe even when things change quickly. A margin of safety is a buffer between safety and danger, order and chaos, success and failure. It ensures a system does not swing from one to the other too easily, causing damage.