problem with confucian straight line universe is that at some point you will need more straight line agents than can be sustained by their output alone

in the world of business, an elephant is made by acquiring four pillars one big snake one small two long teeth, and then paying a consultant and a vendor a fortune for the rest

agents which make straight-lines their identity both submit to, and enforce straight-lines. for eg, they surrender their own freedom, and restrict others' too