People are naturally strangely shaped. When they join a large organization, they must fit into a Voronoi diagram[1]. Shape is a metaphor for both degrees-of-fre

People are naturally strangely shaped. When they join a large organization, they must fit into a Voronoi diagram[1]. Shape is a metaphor for both degrees-of-freedom and for knowledge. This is also, funnily enough, a good way to describe cell packing in plants, incl. trees. One striking example of a role requiring deep behavioral and epistemic changes is that of a judge. A judge must learn to edit their memory and learn to not know things. I find this striking because you'd think that, objectively, knowing more is better. But the rules of court have decided this is not true. If you want that job, you will do this. (It's not all bad: any lawyer will tell you of the risk-minimizing bliss of not knowing things.) The behavioral adjustments - mostly behavioral losses - are usually not so strange. Usually they are a peon to tribal socialization. In a tribe there are rules that aren't 'fair' because they do not reference the details of the specific conflict, who's right or wrong. The rules are simpler than that, making reference only to relationships and "who started it". You don't dis the leader, you don't pick fights, and absolutely never pick a fight with leader-favored members, etc. The OP hints at the proper viewpoint, but then diverges. They are strange structures with lots of rustling leaves. But he does not perceive the value and origin of these structures on their own terms. One must take the view of a zoologist observing the behavior of a parasite, or a slime-mold. It is a mistake to anthropomorphize them, just as it is a mistake to anthropomorphize human social structures. 1 - https://github.com/d3/d3-voronoi https://github.com/d3/d3-voronoi