With a set of decent rules, you don't even need a coherent world view. You can just follow the rules and get what you want.

That's never sat particularly well with me. I have a strong NEED to understand. So I end up investing heavily into constructing a coherent integrated world view, which guides my decisions as actions rather than a set of rules.

Just wondering who else here invests heavily in making sense of the world? How's that working for you? I have found my investment can lead to shocks and surprises having a more devastating effect on me than on others, since the world view can crumble.

Anyone not care about understanding and just get on with living?

There's no agenda here in this thread. I'm just interested to hear other people's approaches and how they are working.