Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Group Think

[Matt Lawrence (matt]

On Sat, 2 Jul 2011, Sharon Villines wrote:

> In working on another project I came across the original source of "group 
> think".
>
> "The more amiability and esprit de corps among the members of the of a 
> policy-making in-group, the greater is the danger that independent 
> critical thinking will be replaced by group-think, which is likely to 
> result in irrational and dehumanizing actions directed against and 
> out-group." Irving Janis, 1972.

Been there.  It was quite annoying.  In the end they decided to kick me 
out for having a dissenting opinion.  That was my last attempt at becoming 
part of a cohousing group.  I still hang out here because I am still very 
interested in the social and cultural impact of cohousing.  I'm also 
working on changing careers to one where I can have a greater impact on 
societal changes.

-- Matt
It's not what I know that counts.
It's what I can remember in time to use.