Whether we deal with technology, religion, science, or any other subject, nothing has ever been more harmful to the human race, both generally and individually, than people submitting to social conformity rather than use the gift of their intellect!
Conformity is, as mentioned on Wikipedia, the act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms, politics or being like-minded.
Take a look at this small social conformity experiment video:
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For the past 30+ years in the tech industry (and generally in society too!) I have seen nothing more damaging than people blindly following hype, trends and “majority rule”.
Whatever the majority is doing, and whatever people seem to be most frantic about, is usually the wrong stuff. I believe it is because people who tend to become religious about such matters are often very insecure and emotional and as soon as they see someone going against what they themselves follow, they become afraid
— source unixsheikh.com | 2021-04-28