I think a large percentage of the world's population have the opposite stance: rules are fictions that exist as guides but social interaction is the fundamenta

I think a large percentage of the world's population have the opposite stance: rules are fictions that exist as guides but social interaction is the fundamental way in which we coexist. Traffic patterns in India are a great example of this in action, driving itself is almost a social act of continuous signalling. I personally cannot stand obsolete rules and use social interactions whenever I can to bend or break them. Amusingly they call this being a "change agent" in busines schools...