Mastodawn

People in Toronto obsessed with XL cinnamon buns that aren't even available yet
Larger-than-life cinnamon buns produced by a Toronto pizza joint have people in the city going wild before they've even gotten the chance to try them.It's been said (mostly by me, but that still counts) that people in Toronto would join a lineup even if they didn't know what was at the other end. Some may call it groupthink, but I prefer to belie...
https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2026/03/xl-cinnamon-buns-toronto/

WIST Quotations 5d ago

A quotation from Henry Commager

If we establish a standard of safe thinking, we will end up with no thinking at all. That is the only “safe” way, and that is, needless to say, the most precarious, dangerous, of all ways.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday Review

More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #conformity #groupthink #idea #playitsafe #safety #thinking #thought #thoughtcontrol #unthinking

Commager, Henry Steele - Essay (1949-11-05), "What Ideas Are Safe?" Saturday Review | WIST Quotations

If we establish a standard of safe thinking, we will end up with no thinking at all. That is the only "safe" way, and that is, needless to say, the most precarious, dangerous, of all ways. Collected in Freedom and Order (1966).

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Vitskapsdama Feb 26

How do you want your life to be? Round, smooth and predictable? Or dented, unique and moving in unexpected directions? This piece by Christopher Sherrod made think about how I see my life.

I embrace #individuality and #serendipity, and reject #groupthink and trends. By acknowledging myself, warts and all, I know that I can always find #meaning and #fullfilment in my life.

https://christophersherrod.com/dented-ping-pong-ball-fulfilling-life/

The Dented Ping Pong Ball and the Beauty of an Unplanned Life

What if the thing that disrupted your life is the very thing that can make it better? In this personal essay, I share how my cat’s dented ping pong ball became a lesson in embracing unexpected change. After a grand mal seizure forced me to give up driving and abandon old plans, I had to rebuild my life from the ground up. What felt like damage turned out to be direction. This is a reflection on resilience, identity, and how to build a fulfilling life when nothing goes according to plan.

Christopher Sherrod

SetSideB Feb 18

The Perils of Social Media for Gamedevs
Christina Pollock of the blog Load-bearing Tomato has an insightful essay about how opinions shared on social media can come to shape, and often ruin, the work of unseasoned (and even well-seasoned) developers, letting the guiding design principles of their work get blown to the winds because of internet randos
https://setsideb.com/the-perils-of-social-media-for-gamedevs/
#indies #ChristinaPollock #Groupthink #indie #LoadBearingTomato #SocialMedia

The Perils of Social Media for Gamedevs

Christina Pollock of the blog Load-bearing Tomato has an insightful essay about how opinions shared on social media can come to shape, and often ruin, the work

Set Side B

Infrapink (he/his/him)Feb 18

"Party spirit makes clear-seeing eyes blind, and makes sharp-hearing ears deaf, and instigates people to engage in things which no mind is inclined to adopt."

—Al-Biruni, Chronology of Ancient Nations, chapter 5.

Al-Biruni is specifically railing against Muslims who base their fasting and religious observance on calculations instead of looking at the Moon as Muhammad ordered, but it's still a worthwhile warning against groupthink.

#AlBiruni #GroupThink

Mohd Parid Jaya Feb 10

New in the Library: The Frankenstein Effect.

We analyze how tools intended for liberation are weaponized for domination. When we teach techniques (how to deconstruct) without ethics (why), we create "operators" rather than "thinkers."

This is a study on the neurochemistry of conflict and how dopamine rewards "social signaling" over truth.

Read the full dossier: https://library.profpeter.my/paper-trails/studies/the-anatomy-of-the-systematic-crash

#MoralDisengagement #GroupThink #InstitutionalRot #Psychology #Education

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rhetoric Jan 20

How to Measure Success:
Count decisions per meeting hour. Aim for at least one clear outcome.
Ask clients if they felt heard and if the process was fair. Their feedback matters, even if their first choice didn’t win.

#Groupthink #DecisionMaking #Facilitation #Leadership #CriticalThinking #Persuasion #Psychology #Management #Influence #CognitiveBias (5/5)

Bernd.H.Reinhardt Dec 29

Konsens ist kein Beweis. Oft ist er nur ein Symptom.
Groupthink erklärt, warum Gruppen sich einig fühlen – und trotzdem irren.
#Groupthink #KognitiveBiases #RespektloseAnsichten

Greg Glockner Oct 29

Business leaders: Don’t worry about corporate downsizing, everyone should Learn To Code to find great jobs!

Also business leaders: Why do we need overpaid software developers when we can just use AI to write all the software we need!

Me: Why do we need overpaid MBAs when we can just use AI to regurgitate articles from Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, etc.?

#software #business #groupThink