We rail against rules being an affront to our freedom, and argue that they're "there to be broken".īut as a behavioural scientist I believe that it is not really rules, norms and customs in general that are the problem – but the unjustified ones. Public spaces, organisations, dinner parties, even relationships and casual conversations are rife with regulations and red tape that seemingly are there to dictate our every move. We all feel the oppressive presence of rules, both written and unwritten – it's practically a rule of life. Do we really need all these rules, why should I follow them and what would happen if we all ignored them?" Will, 28, London From the endless signs that tell me to 'stand on the right' on escalators or 'skateboarding forbidden' in public places to all those unwritten societal rules such as the expectation that I should settle down, buy a house and have a family. "I'm in my late 20s and I'm feeling more and more constrained by rules.
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