The fact is that there are "rules" because they are needed to cover all the possible ground. Yeah, one lone operation can skip on almost all the rules and still be successful, but that doesn't prove anything. Rules are needed at scale, to try to cover for unlucky coincidences, people not that smart, unforeseen (by you) consequences etc etc
I guess the point is to find opportunities to do better than the average, not that the average should not exist. That’s often where competitive advantages arise. Most people can’t identify or execute on them because rules.
