Forgetting Author’s intention and Purpose for which it was created at the time the method was created, and imitating only the method and expecting beneficial effects.

relevance - Humans continue pointless procedures. - ritualization


This page is auto-translated from /nishio/目的を忘れて手法だけ繰り返す using DeepL. If you looks something interesting but the auto-translated English is not good enough to understand it, feel free to let me know at @nishio_en. I’m very happy to spread my thought to non-Japanese readers.