<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Social agreement is useful until it becomes a... > Social agreement is useful until it becomes a prison. Roles allow cooperation, but no role should acquire the power to make growth, dissent, maturation, or a changed understanding appear to be a betrayal of one's existence. **Source:** [[livestreams/Identity Beyond Confidence and Social Agreement — Part 2 - Workbook|Identity Beyond Confidence and Social Agreement — Part 2]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Social agreement is useful until it becomes a prison. Roles allow cooperation, but no role should acquire the power to make growth, dissent, maturation, or a changed understanding appear to be a betrayal of one's existence.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-social-agreement-useful-betrayal-ones-existence ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->