Adventures in Groups, Part 3: A roadmap to surviving and thriving in groups
Previously in Adventures in Groups, we explored how groups can make us act strangely and make choices we wouldn’t otherwise make. I outlined a theory as to why that might be. Today we’re going to discuss what you can do when you find yourself in an unproductive, toxic, or crazy-making group. While any group can […]
Adventures in Groups, Part 2: A grand unified theory of weird group behaviour
Hi! We are back with another Adventures in Groups post, starting a conversation about unconscious processes in group life. Last week we talked about all the ways groups make us act and feel weird, do bad things, make unwise decisions, or literally make us crazy. Today we’re going to get to the heart of things […]
Adventures in Groups, part 1: A brief history of weird group behaviour
“We find that whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and go mad in its pursuit; that millions of people become simultaneously impressed with one delusion, and run after it, till their attention is caught by some new folly more captivating than the first.” – Charles Mackay, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of […]