There is a clean distinction between rational caution, which sharpens decisions, and fear acting as a veto that kills reasonable action entirely. Treating fear as an automatic reason not to act is not prudence — it is cowardice dressed up as wisdom. The cost of inaction is almost always invisible, which is exactly why fear gets away with masquerading as safety.
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