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'''Groupthink''' is a very well-documented psychological tendency of humans to tend to agree with each other, and hold back objections or dissent even when it is obvious to them that the group is moving strongly in a very wrong direction. | '''Groupthink''' is a very well-documented psychological tendency of humans to tend to agree with each other, and hold back objections or dissent even when it is obvious to them that the group is moving strongly in a very wrong direction. | ||
See [[w:groupthink]] | See [[w:groupthink]] | ||
This is relevant to [[Consumerium]] in many ways, see [http://www.consumerium.org/wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Whatlinkshere&target=Groupthink what links here] | |||
This is relevant to [[Consumerium]] in many ways, see [http:// | |||
One way to control groupthink is to steer it into [[faction]]s that can at least have sharp differences with each other. In [[democracy]] this means dividing into [[political party]] structures that debate the actual policy while a [[bureaucracy]] implements the policy only of the [[ruling party]]. | One way to control groupthink is to steer it into [[faction]]s that can at least have sharp differences with each other. In [[democracy]] this means dividing into [[political party]] structures that debate the actual policy while a [[bureaucracy]] implements the policy only of the [[ruling party]]. | ||