Victims of Circumstance
Just finished reading an article. The author says that all too often, the situations that we find ourselves in (aka the "social context") shape and influence our decisions so much more than we realize. As thinkers, we are not as independent as we would like to believe.
The article is short, eye-opening, and somewhat scary. I'm sure I'll want to read this again.
From Getting Out of Embed
(The Role of Social Context in Decision Making):
To demonstrate the importance of social context, let’s look at three famous social psychology experiments, each of which provides a slightly different lesson.It's surprising how easily we can become victims of circumstance. Makes me wonder just how effective a jury-based justice system can really be.
The experiments show why even intelligent people can behave in very unintelligent ways when put into a specific social situation.
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Posted by CF at 2:15 PM
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