Why don’t you want your snow shovel’s handle to be long and springy? Why do you push on someone’s back to help them swing, rather than on the swing supports? Engineers & architects have an answer: load paths!
Introduction to Aerospace Structures and Materials - https://prod-edxapp.edx-cdn.org/assets/courseware/v1/5ee493b0fa6da02f6b54f6912f1302b5/asset-v1:DelftX+AEASM1x+1T2019+type@asset+block/chapter_6.pdf
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gec3.12222
THUNK 136. Engineering Wisdom & Failing Gracefully - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AYuXNz_0Fc