"Paradoxically, the best way for a group to be smart is for each person in it to think and act as independently as possible."

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Source : "Digital Transformation - Part II: Collective Intelligence Is the Game Changer" by Rod Collins, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 4, 2017.

James Surowiecki

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“Character acting is a much braver pursuit than a guy who runs around and intermittently clenches his jaw muscles.”
“Danger is the spice of life and youâ€™ve got to take a risk now and thenâ€¦thatâ€™s what makes life worthwhile.”
“When I audition for something, I don't even want to think about who the other actors are in it, who's directing it.”

Source : "Lauren Cohan of 'The Walking Dead' Admits 'Guts in Your Hair Really Is No Fun". Interview with Jennifer Hirshlag, www.elle.com. October 13, 2013.
“Customs, morals — is there a difference? Woman, do you realize what you are doing? Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight, we have a personality untouched by the psychotic taboos of our tribe — and you want to turn him into a carbon copy of every fourth-rate conformist in this frightened land! Why don't you go whole hog? Get him a brief case and make him carry it wherever he goes — make him feel shame if he doesn't have it.”
“Well, you will have to do. If you had died along with your mother, I would have taught the cat to read.”
“Never let the defeat of the past rob you of the success of your future.”
“We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this.”
“Within legal enforcement of "morality," there is no sense of how to morally, ethically, or fairly help people live safer lives. It's all about banishment or punishment or forced destitution - all of which creates more desperation, and more social risk-taking by people in moments of crisis.”

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