It’s a tricky balance we expect people to figure out. We want everyone to be on the same team. We want them to buy into the culture. In the military, they’re expected to dress the same and even get the same haircut. We want people to do what they’re told, to follow instructions . . . Then we somehow expect free thought to flourish, new inventions and ideas to drop from the sky, and people to exhibit extraordinary acts of sacrifice and courage. As if it’s possible for these things to exist in a world of conformity.
