This is human nature:
"The human psyche, the organisation of human society, and the production of knowledge all strive for order and regularity and to keep at bay what threatens to bring disruption and meaninglessness into them."
This, OTOH, is history:
Indeed, all attempts to bring complete control and predictability prove to be inherently self-defeating while a tolerance for (and capacity to profit from) chaos and contingency seems an enduring necessity.
and should allow us to over come the natural inclination...

Intuitive leaders and commanders versus metrication...