Not just the laws written in books, but the unspoken systems we follow without even noticing.
From childhood discipline to national borders. From family rituals to personal values. Even the rhythm of time—hours, days, years— is shaped by rules we rarely question.
RULE is not a manifesto. It doesn’t shout. It doesn’t preach. It simply asks.
What happens when the rules begin to break? What lies beyond the circle we’ve drawn around our lives?
In this quiet, thought-provoking journey, David Card explores rules as gravity, as memory, as rhythm— and invites the reader to step just one foot outside the known.
If you’ve ever felt like something invisible was guiding your choices, or wondered why the world feels more “measured” than ever— this book is for you.
You won’t find the answer inside. But you might start asking a better question.