I believe it was pg's, The Four Quadrants of Conformism: http://www.paulgraham.com/conformism.html http://www.paulgraham.com/conformism.html I still think abou

I believe it was pg's, The Four Quadrants of Conformism: http://www.paulgraham.com/conformism.html http://www.paulgraham.com/conformism.html I still think about it quite a bit. I think some rules are valid for a point in time and become invalid over time (e.g. some of the old Jewish rules around food probably made more sense before modern food mgmt standards). And pg's point is people / kids follow rules without understanding them for the most part. Or they don't follow the rules for the most part. And a lot of progress comes from the scofflaws who aren't wedded to the current rule set and reject the nonsensical ones. At some point democracy and not having a blood line king/queen was against the rules. I'm glad some people decided to look past those rules.