> conformism was much more functional in our ancestral environment than in the anonymous world of today.
Intellectual independence is a moral absolute of man facing the universe. Conformism did not increase food, shelter, clothing and mortality in tribal cultures. It is always dysfunctional for mans life by a rational standard.
It occurs to me that both conformism and non-conformism are amusingly self-consistent when conformists are the simple majority. 'Why should you be conformist? Well, most people are!' 'Why should you be non-conformist? Well, most people aren't!'
> conformism was much more functional in our ancestral environment than in the anonymous world of today.
Intellectual independence is a moral absolute of man facing the universe. Conformism did not increase food, shelter, clothing and mortality in tribal cultures. It is always dysfunctional for mans life by a rational standard.
It occurs to me that both conformism and non-conformism are amusingly self-consistent when conformists are the simple majority. 'Why should you be conformist? Well, most people are!' 'Why should you be non-conformist? Well, most people aren't!'