The Peter Principle, identified as a pattern within organisations can be applied more generally such that anything that works will be used in progressively more challenging situations until it fails.

The Generalised Peter Principle

Made me think about it in a different way when I read this.

An increasing or compulsive tendency to avoid pain or boredom and replace inner development with outer stimulation.
— Felicitas Vogt

Source: Simplicity Parenting by Kim John Payne, p.151

Draw a basic bike