Creating the seed of an ecosystem is like creating a frankenstein.

You assemble a lot of different components and hope that when stitched together in just the right way they'll have the spark of life.

What matters is not the quality or coherence of the individual components; it's whether the whole can be alive.

People focus on the parts because they're easier to see.

But what's actually important is the whole.

Very small differences in the way the components are combined can lead to success or failure.

You need a highly tuned knowhow for how to work with the materials on hand and combine them in the alchemical way.

Be scrappy with the components you use, clever in the way you combine them.