Left to themselves things tend to go from bad to worse. Murphy's First Corollary If you tell the boss you were late for work because you had a flat tire the next morning you will have a flat tire.
But there is a corollary to freedom and that's personal responsibility and the real challenge is how you generate that personal responsibility without imposing it.
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.