Science of Weird
summary
Claims that being unusual yields better outcomes, backed by experiments and numbers: Asch shows most people conform on obvious line tests, Milgram finds 65% obeyed to 400 volts, and anecdotal successes include entrepreneurs and an activist who built 206 schools. Social forces — conformity cocktail of normative, informational and authority influence — plus grading curves and social pressures form a normalization complex that suppresses creativity, while social media paradoxically makes it easier both to fit in and to stick out.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Embrace your weirdness
- 3:04The urge to conform
- 6:34The power of authority
- 9:37The industrial complex
- 12:52Redefining success
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