Minutes of a Monday #70
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Brain Food > Group Think
“When people hear what their group members believe, people are motivated to reflect those beliefs back to the group in order to preserve their position. In a group where individuals are motivated by, say, truth, individuals can afford to ignore feelings.
But sometimes truth isn’t the goal of groups.
Dissenting can sour others’ feelings toward you. In a group where the aim is to make good decisions, stirring those feelings might not be a big deal. But if the aim, explicitly or implicitly, is to promote cooperation and harmony, dissent can lower your standing within the group. This is especially the case if you are close to those in your group.
This is the conformity paradox: The more you care about the people in your group, the stronger the immediate social incentive to be dishonest with them.”
on The Tug of the HerdSoul Food
"You should never, when faced with one unbelievable tragedy, let one tragedy increase into two or three because of a failure of will."
Charlie Munger
LOL
Norm MacDonald at it again:
Appendix
“Modern capitalism is a pro at two things: generating wealth and generating envy. Perhaps they go hand in hand; wanting to surpass your peers can be the fuel of hard work. But life isn’t any fun without a sense of enough. Happiness, as it’s said, is just results minus expectations.”
Morgan Housel
AOB
Wishing you all the very best for the year ahead and that she may bring good tidings. I’ve got some exciting things to share with you in 2024, but in the meantime, mind how you go out there - Niall