“When you're a malleable teenager seeking the approval of others, you can find yourself conforming to what you think other people's tastes… — Danica Roem Copy Share Image
“But I still wonder how it was possible, in those graceless years of transition, long ago, that men did not see whither… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Being a wiseass in a groupthink environment is like throwing an egg at a bulldozer. — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
“Logical minds, accustomed to be convinced by a chain of somewhat close reasoning, cannot avoid having recourse to this mode of persuasion… — Gustave Le Bon Copy Share Image
“The vast majority of leftists genuinely mean well, they have just been subjugated by the groupthink promoted in government schools.” — Colin M. McGroarty Copy Share Image
Sisterhood is a powerful metaphor; it ought not become a synonym for groupthink. — Kathleen Hall Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Our individual attention is exceedingly powerful, no doubt about it. But when our attentions (plural) come together in an aligned group, we’re… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
“Mob is not the plural of man, he said. We’re dealing with a different species, that has kaleidoscopes in the hollows of… — Ursule Molinaro Copy Share Image
“Sometimes there must be someone who says something nobody else does on something the majority agrees but stays silent not to put… — Thomas Vato Copy Share Image
“History is a sad testament to the limitations of external change, or changing things from the outside. A dime a dozen and… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
The tendency of those committed to the theory of catastrophic man-made global warming to unquestioningly adopt the assumptions, at every stage, that… — Peter Lilley Copy Share Image
Our senior officers knew the war was going badly. Yet they bowed to groupthink pressure and kept up pretenses. ...Many of my… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
“Conspiracy is unnecessary, when everyone thinks the same. ― George Draffan, via: Derrick Jensen - Endgame, Volume 1” — George Draffan Copy Share Image
“There is no need for us all to be alike and think the same way, neither do we need a common enemy… — Anthon St. Maarten Copy Share Image
Twitter is a much more dangerous cauldron of group-think than happy hours or dinners. On Twitter, the reward comes from agreeing or… — David Weigel Copy Share Image
“What kind of men, then, does our society need? What is the "social character" suited to twentieth century Capitalism? It needs men… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the best ideas come from the grassroots; I'm someone who does not like a bunker mentality and… — Bill de Blasio Copy Share Image
“For it is dangerous to attach one's self to the crowd in front, and so long as each one of us is… — Seneca Copy Share Image
“The past is our always-available counterculture, and it's a rich one. Every minute you spend attending to something not-immediately-present, you are helping… — Alan Jacobs Copy Share Image
“When like-minded people argue, all they do is provide each other with new reasons supporting already held beliefs. Just like solitary reasoners,… — Hugo Mercier & Dan Sperber Copy Share Image
