Episode 197
197 Resisting Conformity
The Voluntary Life · Jake Desyllas and Brett Veinotte
March 8, 20151h 2m
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Show Notes
Brett Veinotte is an educator and host of School Sucks Podcast. This episode is an interesting discussion with Brett about the power of conformity and how to resist it. Topics covered include:
- How conformity to "normal" spending habits prevents people achieving financial independence
- Solomon Asch's conformity experiments and what we can learn from them
- How conformity can alter your perception
- The importance of allies in resisting conformity
- The role of privacy in reducing conformity
- The danger of conforming to a subculture (and still being a conformist)
- How exposure to different views can increase your independence of thought