Is there a word or concept like "derationalization"? Where a process/practice/ritual/ceremony once had a meaningful rationale that has since been forgotten and no longer applies and is now sustained by random other bullshit rationalizations or sheer inertia?
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Semi related - this video used to go down well back when I was doing innovation consulting youtu.be/y-PvBo75PDo
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Hah I totally guessed it would be the seligman monkey thing even before I clicked
I think the general term is “mania” — most commonly associated with collective financial irrationalities, e.g. amazon.com/Manias-Panics-
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Hmm that seems off, manias are chaotic, I'm thinking of the ordered end of that spectrum
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Why don't you (mis)use the word “vedic” for this? (Or vaastufication)
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Do I look like I want to get lynched? I want no beef with the hindutva crazies
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There's a German word for it : "Sinnentleerung". Literally "emptying of meaning/purpose".
m.dict.cc/german-english
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