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Regulatory rules often accumulate such that they become unworkable. Several popular proposals have called for a requirement to eliminate two old rules in order to create a new rule. This couldn't possibly work from day one with zero rules, but from just about any snapshot, most regulatory bodies have a series or rules that are low priority, redundant, obsolete or are no longer enforced.

I see the "letting go" akin to eliminating older rules.

I like the idea that you could learn in the morning (accumulating) and pare away clutter in the evening (letting go) and progress on both fronts. A lot of these principles that appear to be opposed, are not always in direct opposition.

Cheers,

@dcj

Well said. Our judicial system could probably eliminate 10 laws for each new law without fear of oversimplifying ;)

Of course, the same can be said of the "rules" by which we encumber our own lives. There's a fine line between learning from the past and letting it "rule" you.