197 Resisting Conformity

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  Show Notes: School Sucks Podcast  School Sucks Facebook Group  Solomon Asch Conformity Experiments  Opinions and Social Pressure by Solomon Asch  Stanley Milgram's Obedience Experiments  Berns' study of conformity  The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem by Nathaniel Branden  Doug Stanhope on Nationalism