Breaking rules isn't reckless when you've assessed the situation carefully. Speeding on a clear highway, overriding a biased hiring filter, or ignoring a workplace policy to do the right thing builds agency and accountability because you've taken responsibility instead of hiding behind the rules.
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rule-breaking isn't the risky thing to do, but the responsible thing to do. My main measure of this, you ask the modern-day example. Anyone listening who thinks this is catching something with them, hitting a nerve ending, ask a group of people what the last rule they broke was. And I've asked this many, many times, and there'll always be someone who's speeding. And there'll be someone who's very proud that they overwrote a policy at work, or that somebody wasn't getting their expenses, or that they weren't hiring the right people because their filtering process was biased. And They made an assumption, they made an assessment, they made an adult intelligent decision, and as a result, they felt one of three things. And it's usually pride because they took a risk and it paid off, or they learned something. Agency, and then either accountability or responsibility because you've now gone off the edge of the map and you've taken matters into your own hand and now you feel responsible. Even the people who say they're speeding, it's like they've assessed that the motorway or freeway is clear.