That's a funny quip, and also insightful. People outsource cognitive effort. It's not just fear of the crowd, it's a way to conserve energy. People want pie and they can't afford to invent the universe. Consensus thinking is dangerous, but let's be real, we all have to do it sometimes out of sheer practicality. That's what makes it such an effective weapon and took for the system to control the individual. It's simple war of attrition.

@npub1a2cw...w83a didn't get this message, apparently.

imo, one of the only things more valuable than time, is principles.

*other* people's principles. you see, these people, the tribe, they wouldn't have gotten to where they are now without their principles being good principles so they're good enough for me too.