Collective Thinking

Collective Thinking
Individualism. This idea is beaten through our heads since we learn how to first read. Slogans such as “Everyone’s opinion counts,” to “Be an Army of one,” are catapulted into our brains to ensure our self-esteem and self-reliance. In fact, is this really the way Americans think? Doris Lessing, in Group Minds clearly does not think so. “We are group animals…when we’re in a group, we tend to think as that group does.” She states that to guard against the influence of “group minds,” we need to use the information that we have become aware of. “It is information th…