Believe Quote by Lewis Schiff

I believe people think as a group more often than we might realize or care to admit. We like to believe that we act…

— Joshua Ferris

People very rarely think in groups; they talk together, they exchange information, they adjudicate, they make compromises. But they do not think; they do…

— William H. Whyte

There is, of course, great value in belonging to a group. Safety in numbers, for one. But there is also a mathematical explanation for…

— Gregory Berns

But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.

— Suzanne Collins

“There are three entirely consistent characteristics of groupthink: closed-mindedness, pressure toward uniformity, and overestimation of the in-group.31”

— Peter H. Johnston

“When, however, it is proposed to imbue the mind of a crowd with ideas and beliefs—with modern social theories, for instance—the leaders have recourse…

— Gustave Le Bon

“Humanity is not an aggregate of individuals, a community of thinkers, each of whom is guaranteed from the outset to be able to reach…

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

I think better of our behaviour as individuals than I do when we see ourselves as members of a group. It's when people start…

— John Irving

“But if you put individuals together in the right way, such that some individuals can use their reasoning powers to disconfirm the claims of…

— Jonathan Haidt

I also believe that everyone needs to think independently and make their own decisions on what makes the most sense.

— Ray Dalio

In the collective psyche it is being understood... that we can cultivate wisdom and compassion.

— Tara Brach

Collective wisdom, alas, is no adequate substitute for the intelligence of individuals. Individuals who opposed received opinions have been the source of all progress,…

— Bertrand Russell