If the long-term endpoint is inevitable, your strategy to get there is more forgiving.

If you're pushing a rock up a hill (pushing against the natural gradient of entropy) then you have to carefully plan every move and never slip up.

But if you're skiing down hill (going with the natural gradient of entropy), you still have to make decisions about your route and respond to conditions... but the default is unless you get stuck in a dead end you will get there eventually.

If you can choose between a push-a-rock-up-a-hill strategy and a ski-down-a-hill strategy, always pick the latter.