Social Motivations

It proves to be interesting to examine why we do the things we do in groups, not in a scientifc mass study kind of way, but to examine it from a personal stand point because after all, who do we know better than oursleves (well, perhaps that's a falicy as well, but that's an entirely different topic for another time).

It's undeniable that we do, in fact, act differently in large groups then we do with just one or two friends. I supppose this could be attributed to many different things, --peer pressure, mob mentality-- but overall the best answer seems to be that essentially human longing to belong. It's only natural noting our species --highly socially and competitively driven-- to me, it's a bad thing for the most part (despite the few "good" examples of it's use). Essentially it comes down to leaders and followers, and above that the "strongest" leader.

Personally, I do sometimes find myself acting different around a group of people versus a single friend, for better or for worse. I think it's sometimes best to take a step back sometimes and examine whether we're being true to ourselves, as cheesey and cliched as that sounds. More on this topic later.

This post was suppose to be sent several days ago, however I forgot about it for quite sometime. I'm going to try and make this blog more personal after reading these first two entries, it feels too cold and clinical to me.

I think I will broaden the basis of this blog as well to simply anything that I feel like talking about at any given time, but "The Moral Imperative" makes an interesting jumping off point.

'Til next time