He even invented a "teleocratic" or purpose-driven management model to replace the "bureaucratic" or rules-driven paradigm that still drives corporate America today.
While this inevitably introduces an element of human judgment to the investment process, Dalio insists it is still driven by the rules-based framework he has built up over thirty years.
The same applies for other requests, like choosing benefit rules that meet the needs of your citizens, or allowing for consumer-driven plans and health savings accounts.
The potential for privacy legislation in Washington has driven the online-ad industry to establish its own rules, which it says are designed to alert computer users of tracking and offer them ways to limit the use of such data by advertisers.
He was talking about good old-fashioned dialogue, the stuff plays are made of and many of the best movies ever made, from "The Rules of the Game" to "Pulp Fiction, " have been almost entirely dialogue-driven.