July262008
There are increasingly two kinds of people in this hyper-connected world of networks and communities: There’s the conformist and non-conformist—due to the circumstances mentioned above, there’s now little in between. There are those, like myself and others, who are alway trying to be different, in fact, need to be different. That’s not to say that this correlates to quality. It doens’t. Often the herd is right and our objection to it leads to mediocrity and worthlessness.
The other group, the conformists, are increasingly entering conformity not because, simply, it’s the path of least resistance, but because they’ve made a highly well-thought out choice to join the march. It’s the high-school syndrome playing out on a global level. And it’s fucking scary…
The other group, the conformists, are increasingly entering conformity not because, simply, it’s the path of least resistance, but because they’ve made a highly well-thought out choice to join the march. It’s the high-school syndrome playing out on a global level. And it’s fucking scary…
