groupthink


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decision making by a group (especially in a manner that discourages creativity or individual responsibility)

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Groupthink? How could anyone think otherwise when the greed of these institutions has blighted the lives of as many as 50,000 families and individuals.
Highly regarded conservative scholars lose the tenure vote (consistent with the groupthink rampant in the academy) only to triumph in the court of public opinion and in an administrative decision to grant tenure.
Thus, groupthink is likely to result in the worst case.
But jest aside, our economic woes necessitate a national groupthink. That we ought to come together as a nation and find a way out.
Are you and your team vulnerable to groupthink? Groupthink can undermine one of the main benefits of teams, which is diversity of thought.
So I don't think my own dissent at a basic level is often worthy, especially because I am daunted by groupthink. I try to hold my own ground most of the time in retreat.
If your view of youth in China involves drab clothing and groupthink, it's time to come into the 21st century.
The worst-case scenario is a world of homogeneous groupthink. Instead, if enough families do their jobs right, our kids will grow up in world of differing opinions and contending values--the sort of intellectual scorpion pit that fuels a free and open society.
Yet, if the case were all that strong that Russia did "hack" the emails, you would have expected a straightforward explication of the evidence rather than a demonstration of a full-blown groupthink, but what we got this weekend was all groupthink and no evidence.
This is compounded by the phenomenon of groupthink, manipulation of popular emotions that are devoid of conscious thinking, the flawed readings of facts and events, and the psychological conditions of some people, all of which result in a significant impact on the rising trend of extremism." The coalition website also quoted Dr.
Damore, who criticized in his memo "Google's left bias" and "ideological echo chamber," has since become a hero to some on the far right, who have attacked what they characterize as politically correct groupthink in Silicon Valley.
She explained her resistance to holding up the metaphorical banner of "Je suis Charlie" as part of an effort not to jump to conclusions, not to join in groupthink, to avoid having knee-jerk reactions just because everyone else was vulnerable to them.
"Arts world groupthink," sneered the Brexit operative who was sent into the TV studios by the Leave campaign to urge Britons to subscribe to alternative groupthink about taking back control.