Sunday, May 30, 2021

Specially excerpt 30 golden sentences from the book "The Crowd" to share with you and think about the complex relationship between individuals and groups.

As soon as a person joins a group

his IQ is seriously reduced

01. Quantity is justice.

02. The superposition of groups is just the superposition of stupidity, and real wisdom is drowned by the torrent of stupidity.

03. As soon as a person joins a group, his IQ is seriously reduced. In order to gain recognition, individuals are willing to abandon right and wrong and use their IQ in exchange for a sense of belonging that makes people feel safe.

04. When a person integrates into society, he loses himself.

05. Once an individual integrates into a group, his individuality will be annihilated, and the group’s thoughts will occupy an absolute dominant position. At the same time, the group’s behavior will also show rejection of dissent and extremes. , emotional and low IQ characteristics. And then have a devastating impact on society.

06. Groups are always intellectually inferior to isolated individuals, but from the perspective of emotions and the actions they inspire, groups can perform better or worse than individuals, depending on the environment. . Everything depends on the nature of the suggestion received by the group.

07. The blind obedience of the group will overwhelm the rationality of the individual. Once the individual classifies himself into the group, his original independent rationality will be overwhelmed by the ignorance and madness of the group.

08. The masses have never really longed for the truth, and they will turn a deaf ear to evidence that does not suit their taste...Anything that can provide them with illusions can easily become their master; anything that makes them disillusioned , will all become their victims.

09. The public does not have the ability to discern, so they cannot judge the authenticity of things. Many opinions that cannot withstand scrutiny can easily be universally agreed upon!

10. So don’t take it easy. If you become a member of a group, you can easily be exploited by people with ulterior motives. Even if you think you are just echoing the sentiment, you have actually become an accomplice.

Most daily behaviors

are the result of hidden motives

11. We think that we are rational, and we think that every move we make is rational. It makes sense. But in fact, most of our daily actions are the result of hidden motives that we ourselves have no way of understanding.

12. The so-called belief can make a person completely enslaved by his own dreams.

13. In the eternal conflict with reason, emotion never fails.

14. The phenomena that can be felt can be compared to waves, which are the surface manifestations of chaos in the depths of the ocean that we know nothing about.

15. Sometimes what is untrue contains more truth than what is true.

16. We always have the illusion that our feelings come from our own hearts.

17. Without tradition, there is no civilization; without the slow elimination of tradition, there is no progress.

18. Unforgettable historical events are only the tangible consequences of invisible changes in human thought.

19. In the long run, repeated statements tap into deep areas of our unconscious selves, where our motivations for behavior are formed. At a certain point, we forget who the author is of a constantly repeated claim, and we eventually become convinced of it.

20. The crowd may always be unconscious, but this unconsciousness itself may be one of the secrets of its power. In nature, creatures that absolutely obey instincts behave in ways that are so complex that we cannot believe it.

Reason is a recent addition to human beings. It is too imperfect to reveal to us the laws of the unconscious, let alone to replace it. In our behavior, the unconscious part accounts for a large proportion, and the rational part accounts for a small proportion. The unconscious is still at work as an unknown force.

Groups are easy to do evil and easy to be ruled

21. Groups will reduce everyone’s mistakes and at the same time magnify everyone’s malice infinitely.

22. Once an individual becomes a member of a group, he will no longer bear responsibility for his actions. At this time, everyone will reveal their unconstrained side. What the group pursues and believes in is never truth and reason, but blind obedience, cruelty, paranoia and fanaticism, and only knows simple and extreme emotions.

23. Once the sense of responsibility that binds personal behavior disappears, people will do whatever they want and do whatever they want.

24. The isolated individual knows well enough that he cannot burn a palace or loot a shop when alone, and even if he is tempted to do so, he can easily resist the temptation.

But when he becomes a member of a group, he will realize the power given to him by the number of people, which is enough to make him have the idea of ??killing and plundering, and he will immediately succumb to this temptation. Unexpected obstacles are violently destroyed.

25. When the moral force on which civilization is based loses its effectiveness, its final disintegration is always accomplished by unconscious and savage groups.

26. The masses are increasingly annihilated by popular culture, which regards mediocrity and vulgarity as the most valuable thing.

27. Individuals in a group are like sand within the sand, and the wind can stir them up at will.

28. Master the art of influencing the imagination of the masses, and master the art of ruling them.

29. What the group spirit needs most is not freedom but obedience. They are so willing to obey the will of others that whenever someone claims to be their master, they will instinctively obey him.

30. Five major signs of idol worship:

First, idols always dominate believers and are in a superior position, which plays a decisive role.

Second, believers always blindly obey the orders of idols.

Third, believers are neither capable nor willing to discuss the creed prescribed by idols.

Fourth, believers have a fanatical desire to spread the idol’s creed.

Fifth, believers tend to view anyone who does not accept them as an enemy.

When a group meets the first clause, its form is equivalent to religion, and this emotion becomes religious belief. For a group, perhaps the most unreasonable choice is the most reasonable choice.