Some Rules about Rules
The tl;dr of my exploration of the rules and my relationship to them can be summarized in these four rules:
- Learn the rules, including their purpose and their history
- Imagine the consequences, imagine the possibilities
- Always follow the rules (except when you shouldn’t).
- If the rule needs to be changed, change it.
My rules about rules have evolved a bit over the past 15 years or so. The bulk of the rest of this book is an exploration of these 4 rules.
* Like all rules, these rules are subject to rule 4 above and are hence, subject to change.