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Aug 15, 2023Liked by Thorsteinn Siglaugsson

I choose being human with the option of thinking for myself! Too many of us really depend upon others to think for them or even technology to take over that responsibility! Being human isn’t a spectator sport!

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Anthony, yet we humans are communal animals. Though our intelligence isn't as distributed as ants, for example, we would all be the poorer if we only relied on our own ideas. This kind of learning is probably the origin of conformity. We look to each other to figure out what makes sense. It is inbred in us. We also inherently try to convince others to conform to our ideas, as you did with your own PR slogan: "Being human is not a spectator sport"! In the end we will be most successful balancing individuality and social learning aka "conformity".

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