On dissent, challenging the status quo, and voicing exceptional truths: "If one person voices what everyone else is thinking, what was initially a minority opinion can quickly become the majority." Article via Lawrence Yeo, h/t Nir Eyal "This highlights the big difference in marginal value between a consensus opinion, and a dissenting one. Whereas each additional consensus voice doesn’t make much impact, a single dissenting voice has the power to bring the entire argument down. 10 people all saying the same thing is far less interesting than the 1 person that has a reasonable, opposing view." …see more