The measure as written
The rule of THE DESTINED FUTURE (HSPs) states that:
“An individual must remain at its Highly Specified Position, as organized by nature.”
In nature, each task has its own performer:
Nature has a complex system in place that ensures smooth functioning. As diverse as the tasks are, so diverse are the performers. Even the efficiency differs from one to the other. The thing to note is that the task and its associated performer are integrated, or in other words, the performer has a built-in capacity and affinity towards that task (this is indeed the majority case; for the rest, guidance and their own history and experiences reveal the right task). Any misadventure has adverse and long-lasting consequences. This actually is the basis of the Elastic limit of nature, i.e. how far a society can afford these consequences before there is a scar of irreparable damage.
Under "Highly specified positions (HSPs)", they are defined and named:
The set position of an individual as assigned by nature in such a way that any artificial change can cause long-lasting adverse effects on the society
These include gender, interest level in various domains, sexual orientation, capability level, threshold or peak endurance level etc.
Among them, the interest level is "the affinity towards any task", the capability level is "the abilities by birth (which may need attention to flourish)", and the Endurance level is the amount of societal stress that a person can bear without being psychologically depressed. How they are recognized:
HSPs are the inherent, built-in capacities of an individual. Now, how are they recognized? The general ones are assessed by norms (i.e. what the human race has practised for thousands of years and has always proved the same), while the ones that depend highly on a person’s own personality are determined by his sincere relations (i.e. the sincere people around him). A violation of an HSP means going against the norms that preserve human integrity (i.e. the ones that the human race has tested and kept for thousands of years); in matters that concern only a minority, the person is persuaded through guidance.
Under "When is intervention allowed?", a change of position is allowed only in an emergency:
An intervention is only allowed in specific emergency circumstances and in specific areas, done by the society itself (not on an individual’s own initiative), for the benefit of other members. Such an emergency arises when a shortage in one of the NEPs puts other members at risk (as in the example below, i.e. a lack of doctors); the decision is taken by the capable governing individuals (see POWER STRUGGLE AND ITS PREVENTION), and persuasion is the means used.
Note: This will be done while keeping in view the Elastic limit of nature.
The example of this procedure:
If a child is interested in working as a solicitor but there is a shortage of medical officers for an effective Health Care system, then the society can intervene to persuade him by providing psychological support so that the child voluntarily changes his preferences (this must be done by keeping in view the Endurance level of the child) and abandons the other option (i.e. to work as a solicitor).
This sub-section sets out how a person's HSPs are recognized: the general ones by norms, and the ones that depend on a person's own personality by the sincere people around the person; and how a position may be changed only in an emergency, by the society, through persuasion, keeping in view the person's Endurance level.
What it measures, in plain words
Nature gives each task its performer: "As diverse as the tasks are, so diverse are the performers", and each performer has "a built-in capacity and affinity towards that task". This is so for most people; "for the rest, guidance and their own history and experiences reveal the right task". A person's HSPs are "the inherent, built-in capacities of an individual", the position that nature set, where "any artificial change can cause long-lasting adverse effects on the society". The measure is the recognition of each person's HSPs, such as the interest level, the capability level and the Endurance level.
Two ways to recognize them.
· By norms. The general ones are assessed by norms, i.e. "what the human race has practised for thousands of years and has always proved the same".
· By sincere relations. The ones that depend highly on a person's own personality are determined by "the sincere people around him".
A violation. A violation of an HSP means "going against the norms that preserve human integrity". In a matter that concerns only a minority, "the person is persuaded through guidance". Those who violate HSPs are the vibrators of the Shock and Pad Theory, taken up in the sub-sections that follow.
A change of position, only in an emergency. A position is changed only when a shortage in one of the NEPs puts other members at risk, as with a lack of doctors. It is done in specific areas, by the society itself, "not on an individual's own initiative", and for the benefit of other members. The capable governing individuals decide it, and "persuasion is the means used". It is kept within the Elastic limit of nature and within the person's Endurance level: in the example, the child, given psychological support, "voluntarily changes his preferences", and this is done "keeping in view the Endurance level of the child".
The method.
· The recognition. The general HSPs by norms; the ones that depend on a person's own personality by the sincere people around the person; for the rest, guidance and the person's own history and experiences.
· A violation in a minority matter. The person persuaded through guidance.
· The change. Only in an emergency, by the society, through persuasion, within the Elastic limit of nature and the person's Endurance level.