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