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> On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:13 PM, M. Adam Davis wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 8:47 PM, YES NOPE9 <yes@nope9.com> wrote:
>> Majority rule is mob rule.  I hardly ever agree with the majority.
>> Majority
>> rule is very seductive yet largely ineffective at producing yummy
>> results.
>
> True, as an example McDonalds has the same flavor across all its
> restaurants.  It's an OK flavor, and good to the majority, but it will
> never beat a burger made to match your own tastes and preferences.  It
> will never be "yummy."  However, it will be consistent, fair, and
> "good enough" for most cases. It should go without saying that your
> version of yummy may well be yucky to another consumer.
>
> Often, in a large community, one must sacrifice "yummy" for "good  
> enough"
In 90% of cases, this is not necessary.  Yet most people are driven by  
tribalistic
tendencies.   Desire for approval , affirmation , fear of  
strangeness, .......
And of course, they grow up being trained to believe they belong to  
groups ;
not the other way around.

> If "good enough" doesn't cut it then one is always free to fulfill
> their yummy elsewhere.

This was true in the 1800s.  No longer an option for many.  Unless you
are very rich and can insulate yourself , there is nowhere to go that  
does
not have excessive controls on human behaviour.  The controls
come from either pirates , criminal gangs or governments which are
often indistinguishable.
Gus

> -Adam



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