She agreed with Bitzer that past responses can indicate what is an appropriate response to the current situation, but Miller holds that, rhetorically, genre should be "centered not on the substance or the form of discourse but on the action it is used to accomplish".[36] Since her view focuses on action, it cannot ignore that humans depend on the "context of the situation" as well as "motives" that drive them to this action.[36] Essentially, "we create recurrence," or similar responses, through our "construal" of types.[36] Miller defines "types" as "recognition of relevant similarities".[36] Types come about only after we have attempted to interpret the situation by way of social context, which causes us to stick to "tradition".[36] Miller does not want to deem recurrence as a constraint, but rather she views it as insight into the "human condition".[36] The way to bring about a new "type",[36] is to allow for past routines to evolve into new routines, thereby maintaining a cycle that is always open for change.