The manner in which we operate our lives can be based on two functions: Definitions and expectations. This may be putting it simply, rationalizing the world in such a way as to seemingly ignore its complexities. However, to view the ways in which we function can, essentially, be boiled down to these two points.

First, we must observe definitions. Without understanding exactly why what we’re doing is what it is, we have no way of understanding its credibility or its value. By providing a label...