According to ancient wisdom, the only way to achieve enlightenment is to let go of all attachments and desires, including the desire to not fall.
However, our ancestors were not as enlightened as we are today, and so they came up with a few... creative solutions to this conundrum.
Our forebears were masters of the art of falling with the times. They would let the currents of history guide them, and in doing so, they discovered the secret to true fluid dynamics.