<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Different rooms operate by different rules, and... > Different rooms operate by different rules, and carrying one room's behavior unchanged into another can make competence unreadable. Institutional literacy includes learning the local grammar while preserving enough independence to recognize when adaptation would become self-erasure. **Source:** [[livestreams/Beyond the Rules — Systems Literacy and Unconventional Paths - Workbook|Beyond the Rules — Systems Literacy and Unconventional Paths]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Different rooms operate by different rules, and carrying one room's behavior unchanged into another can make competence unreadable. Institutional literacy includes learning the local grammar while preserving enough independence to recognize when adaptation would become self-erasure.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-different-rooms-operate-become-self-erasure ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->