tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147530857022746677.post6911392984537453271..comments2023-07-22T06:32:05.039-07:00Comments on Large Group Dynamics in Quasi-Sacred Organizations: The Aaronson - Feminist Dialoguechris goblehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12747964476242223294noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8147530857022746677.post-91300076725059599682015-01-03T09:05:58.158-08:002015-01-03T09:05:58.158-08:00Here's part of another post from SlateStarCode...Here's part of another post from SlateStarCodex. I think it sums up how adaptive groups can form: if a series of individual have nothing to lose against a foe, it makes sense to get together to increase one's chances, or to weaken the enemy to increase the chances for the next guy/girl. <br /><br />The moral of the story is that if you are maximally mean to innocent people, then eventually bad things will happen to you. First, because you have no room to punish people any more for actually hurting you. Second, because people will figure if they’re doomed anyway, they can at least get the consolation of feeling like they’re doing you some damage on their way down.<br /><br />"This seems to me to be the position that lonely men are in online. People will tell them they’re evil misogynist rapists – as the articles above did – no matter what. In what is apparently shocking news to a lot of people, this makes them hurt and angry. As someone currently working on learning psychotherapy, I can confidently say that receiving a constant stream of hatred and put-downs throughout your most formative years can really screw you up. And so these people try to lash out at the people who are doing it to them, secure in the knowledge that there’s no room left for people to hate them even more."<br /><br />Of course once you start getting into a negative sum game and self-sacrifice starts to emerge, the chances of forming an adaptive group increase. The feedback effects of self-sacrifice for group interests is well studied.chris goblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12747964476242223294noreply@blogger.com