Merton called this ritualism, a deep devotion to the rules because they are the rules.

默顿称这种仪式主义则的深切奉献，因它们就是则。

As we saw with bureaucratic ritualism and alienation, rational systems are often unreasonable, impersonal.

正如我们在官僚主义的仪式主义中看到的那样，理性的系统往往是不合理的、没有人情味的。

And that focus on rules leads to another kind of inefficiency: bureaucratic ritualism.

则的关注导致另一种低效率：官僚主义。