Does it bother you that nobody enforces language rules by punishing violators?

If something as complex as language can be left to chaos why can’t small teams of intelligent people?

Very often, the Ruler is not affected by it’s own rules and cannot see it’s drawbacks unless he receive feedback from the Rulee.

When a Rulee complains about a rule or try to chalenge it, it’s perceived by some Ruler as a chalenge to it’s autority, instead of an opportunity of improvement, therefore pushing the Rulee to break the rule as the only mean of improving it’s situation.

Here are some exemples of rules and their direct consequence :
“Rule #1 : Do not talk about Fight Club.”
- Brings more members to the Fight Club each week.

“God’s ways are inscrutable.”
- Push unconvinced Christians to atheism.

“Don’t look down!”
- Makes anyone look down.

“Rule #2 : Do NOT talk about Fight Club!”
- Brings even more members to the Fight Club each week.

When I was studying arts I was told that rules were for the beginners, so they won’t mistakes, and they were to be broken as needed by the experienced artists

Thanks for your comment.

By introducing formal rules too early you risk stifling emergent values, implicit rules and behaviour. It’s a short term cost/long term beenfit thing.

As for the cost of maintaining the rule, self-organized teams should assess if the value of implementing a rule will exceed (or not) its cost. If not, a different rule should be sought or the team should discuss if implementing the rule is required in the first place.