Re:Conformists may kill civilizations
by fauigerzigerk on Sunday October 04, 2009 @09:03AM
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"Societies should promote individual learning and innovation over cultural conformity, and the models for social learning should be individuals who have demonstrated that they understand how to live with the current environmental trends," says Whitehead.
The difficulty is to find out who is successful because he or she understands environmental trends and who is successful because of conformity. I doubt that prestige is a good filter.
The difficulty is to find out who is successful because he or she understands environmental trends and who is successful because of conformity. I doubt that prestige is a good filter.