And most humans have two contradictory impulses: we love and need one another, yet we crave privacy and autonomy. To harness the energy that fuels both these drives, we need to move beyond the New Groupthink and embrace a more nuanced approach to creativity and learning.
Susan Cain, an (the?) “introversion expert,” in the New York Times’
The Rise of the New Groupthink, which suggests
despite society’s inclination toward group activity and “groupthink,” creativity and productivity are best fostered individually and in solitude