Absolutely, but dogma and "best-practices" anchor design discussions around today's norms. People get very defensive about tools they've invested in and that kind of dogma stunts imagination for different and better solutions.

Discovery is very rarely an accidental process so we can't take for granted that it will be inevitable.

I think it's important to recognize that most people are not interested in discovery at all. Practitioners are often not explorers, and that's okay. They may find incremental improvements through their practice, but paradigm shifting innovation comes from those willing to swim against the stream of popular opinion.

Discovery has to be an intentional pursuit of those brave enough to imagine a future beyond Multics/Kubernetes/etc despite the torrent of opinionated naysayers telling them they are foolish for even trying.