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> But there are so many traditions that are senseless A tradition is not senseless just because you don't like it or understand the reason for it. Often, there
by Veen 5y ago
> But there are so many traditions that are senseless
A tradition is not senseless just because you don't like it or understand the reason for it. Often, there are very good reasons a convention like shaking hands or abiding by hierarchies becomes a tradition. By all means, get rid of worthless traditions, but take care you don't cause unintended consequences when you fiddle with traditions without understanding their motivation.
Also, perhaps a little humility is in order. It's just possible the people who instigated a tradition were smarter than you or knew something you don't.
https://fs.blog/2020/03/chestertons-fence/ https://fs.blog/2020/03/chestertons-fence/
- ModernMech 5y ago> but take care you don't cause unintended consequences when you fiddle with traditions without understanding their motivation. Reminds me of The Office when Mike is in the woods, Jim tries to consolidate all birthday parties into a single day to increase productivity, but then faces a revolt and realizes separate birthday parties are the only thing maintaining office cohesion. When Mike returns to the office he reveals he made the same mistake when he was starting out.
- kreeben 5y agoYes, humility. This. I used to have it. Now I wish I had more of it. How can I get it? I used to read lots of books. Maybe that's what I should start doing again. I say this quite unsarcastically.