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Groupthink is toxic to the ability of the human mind to think clearly and independently. It is destructive of creativity and productive imagination. It is destructive of any hopeful or livable future for the majority of humans -- those living outside the inner circles of power.[ link added]
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I first encountered the term "groupthink" when I read Thirteen Days , which was about President Kennedy's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. I could be mistaken about that since it is a long ago memory. Anyway, groupthink is just what Al Fin says. Inasmuch as the world wide web may be contributing to that, it could well be toxic to our future if some antidote isn't applied to the increasing insularity of the web. It would also be tragic, just as groupthink can be tragic, because of all the best and brightest only contribute and reinforce the insularity; as opposed to opening minds to new ways of dealing with problems.
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