The Strange Science Of 'Cultural Norms'

Cultural norms are a lubricant that make socializing easier, but if we’re not careful we can overly rely on conformity.
We need to catch ourselves from our natural tendency to go along with the group and we need to speak up with innovative ways to change and make progress.
In the end, you might even find that the group agreed with you all along.
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Todd Rose is the co-founder and president of Populace, a think tank committed to ensuring that all people have the opportunity to pursue fulfilling lives in a thriving society. Prior to Populace, he was a faculty member at Harvard University where he founded the Laboratory for the Science of Individuality and directed the Mind, Brain, and Education program. Todd is the best selling author of Collective Illusions, Dark Horse, and The End of Average. He lives in Burlington, Massachusetts.
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Will this be affective in conditions of strong build social belief, like political propaganda, that is directly opposite to the new one?

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Seems to be working Bill Maher (a comedy artist) just did one on about "collective narcissism." I guess he would be the "deviant" in this theory.
Another example would be the writer George Orwell... Who's idea of "Collective Solopism" from 1984 DEFENITLEY changed cultural norms.
And finally the most famous example... Socrates from ancient Greece definitely had a thing or two to say about "Collective Illusions." So much so his student Plato was able to win his freedom back after having been enslaved. He writes about it in a famous book called The Republic. In chapters 6 & 7. With Simile of the Sun, Analogy if the Divided Line and Allegory of the Cave.