we are wired for herding We herd all the time: when we make war & when we make peace, when we celebrate & when we mourn, we herd at work & on vacation. The herd is not out there somewhere, but we carry it within us. The herd is deeply seated in our mind
https://aeon.co/essays/on-nonconformism-or-why-we-need-to-be-seen-and-not-herded
@johnverdon
I shared this the other day..
Got no response.
Makes me wonder if there is a CoSo heard. Self reflection just ain’t as cool as it used to be.
@corlin interesting observation - coso is obviously a herd - maybe it's just 'unevenly distributed' - to paraphrase William Gibson.
And social media is very fragmented and fractalized these days
And the popular sense of 'individuality' (atomistic - isolated - selfish) maybe be avoiding their shadows :)