“Conspiracy is unnecessary, when everyone thinks the same. ― George Draffan, via: Derrick Jensen - Endgame, Volume 1” — George Draffan Copy Share Image
“Groupthink. It’s called groupthink. And there is no need for a surrogate when we talk one to the other.” — Sean Platt Copy Share Image
Being a wiseass in a groupthink environment is like throwing an egg at a bulldozer. — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
It's so easy for folks to normalize their opinions, to engage in a groupthink that is damaging. — Amitava Kumar Copy Share Image
“Groupthink seems like a safe path. But no inventor/researcher finds what he seeks there” — Henk Mutsaers 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
“The same research suggests that increasing the stress on schools, such as through high-stakes testing, is ill advised. Indeed, researchers have shown… — Peter H. Johnston 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
Online, you're trying to appeal to everyone and people who you don't know at the same time. So I think, as a… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
“As long as we measure a person's psychological health by the degree to which he or she accepts social conventions, we will… — Arno Gruen 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
“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
The important thing about groupthink is that it works not so much by censoring dissent as by making dissent seem somehow improbable. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Leaders can get stuck in groupthink because they're really not listening, or they're listening only to what they want to listen to,… — Jacqueline Novogratz Copy Share Image
...remember the dangers of the New Groupthink. If it's creativity you're after, ask your employees to solve problems alone before sharing their… — Susan Cain 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
Think for yourself. Unplug yourself from follow-the-follower groupthink, and virtually ignore what everyone else in your industry is saying (except the ones… — Steve Pavlina Copy Share Image
We need people to point out groupthink - We need people to point out stale, old, dumb thinking - and we sometimes… — Jon Lovett Copy Share Image
This is in us: a certain sense of denial, a certain sense of groupthink. This is not something that sits on one… — Craig Mazin 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
Groupthink can become a serious issue - old ideas stay around after they're useful, and new ideas too often don't get a… — Elizabeth Warren 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
“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
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
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
“An overemphasis on teamwork and consensus can cause a kind of mental lethargy. If you subordinate your own expectations to the expectations… — Vincent H. O'Neil Copy Share Image
Solitude is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Those who speak of their anger, their mistrust, or their dislike of certain groups tend not to see any contradiction in this… — Dr Val Thomas Copy Share Image
