The recognition that people are not simply interchangeable numbers in datasets is at the core of humanist socialism, of most anarchism, of many forms of conservatism, of political corruption and cronyism, of religious outlooks, of most drug subcultures, lots of art, of aristocratic ideals and of much working-class community culture. All these resist or set limits on rule-governed bureaucracy – or hedge around it with shortcuts, resistance, backhanders, pragmatism, sabotage, nods, winks, sarcasm, sexual favours or surreal jokes.