“When everybody in a group is susceptible to similar biases, groups are inferior to individuals, because groups tend to be more extreme than individuals.” IndividualGroupsClubsExtremesInferiorsSusceptible Author:Daniel Kahneman
“I have often been amused by our vulgar tendency to take complex issues, with solutions at neither extreme of a continuum of possibilities, and break them into dichotomies, assigning one group to one pole and the other to an opposite end, with no acknowledgment of subtleties and intermediate positions and nearly always with moral opprobrium attached to opponents.” EndsMoralBreakIssuesGroupsPossibilityPositionSolutionsOppositesComplexesExtremesTendenciesOpponentsVulgarSubtletyAmusedContinuumDichotomyAcknowledgment Book:The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History Source: The Flamingo's Smile: Reflections in Natural History
“Facilitative attitudes (and skills) can help a therapist gain entry into the group Freedom from a desire to control the outcome, and respect for the capacity of the group, and skills in releasing individual expression Openness to all attitudes no matter how extreme or unrealistic they may seem Acceptance of the problems experienced by the group where they are clearly defined as issues Allowance of the freedom of choices in direction, either for the group or individuals particularly in the near future” MayMatterHelpingProblemSeemsDesireChoicesIndividualAttitudeIssuesGroupsAcceptanceExpressionSkillsGainsCapacityExtremesDefinedOutcomesOpennessTherapistsEntryFreedom Of ChoiceAllowanceIndividual Expression Author:Carl Rogers
“If you have extremes of haves and have-nots where the gap keeps growing, the have-nots group together and create social disorder, as they can't see a way out of their situation.” IfsWayTogetherSocialSituationGrowingGroupsExtremesGapsDisorderHaves And Have Nots Author:Ross Kemp
“... For all our alarm, it is clear that the religious right is responding to a real hunger in our society... a deep-seated yearning for stable values... When conservative Christian groups talk of failures in our educational system, the erosion of our moral standards, and the waste of young lives, they are addressing real and legitimate concerns... Among secularists, the aversion toward discussion of moral values, let alone religion, can reach absurd extremes.” RealChristianYoungValuesReligiousMoralClearGroupsWasteStandardsConcernHungerConservativeEducationalExtremesAbsurdDiscussionOur SocietyYearningStableAlarmsRespondingAversionEducational SystemMoral ValuesErosionYoung Life Author:Norman Lear
“It's difficult to get large groups of people, to the extreme levels of focus and productivity that you need, for a startup to be successful.” PeopleNeedsDifficultLevelsSuccessfulFocusGroupsExtremesProductivityBeing SuccessfulLarge Groups Author:Sam Altman
“I was a new devotee of Eastern mysticism and even though I did not join that particular group, I could well have done. They seemed a bit extreme but I regarded myself as not quite ready.” WellsDoneBitsGroupsParticularReadyExtremesMysticismEasternDevotee Author:Mary Garden
“The extreme self-sacrifice characteristic of group-selected species such as ants and bees can often be found among soldiers.” SelfFoundSacrificeGroupsSpeciesSoldierExtremesCharacteristicsBeesAntsSelf SacrificeSelectedOften Is Author:Jonathan Haidt