If you don’t pay close attention, all your preferences could end up being not what you actually enjoy but what is high status or what will not anger your tribe

In a weird way with the advent of social media this is happening at scale that is unprecedented 

The other weird thing is all of our preferences are starting to converge; go to Italy in the summer if you are in the US, go to Venice, get a house, get the same instagram ad furniture, wear lulu lemon

Unconsciously were being herded, dangerous if you are not present

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This has always been the case, because most people don't actively cultivate their taste. There's nothing wrong with that because people have to deal with real issues like family situations or health concerns. Just because you follow a trend because it's easy doesn't make it wrong or even bad. The whole "the world is full of sheep" narrative steam rolls a lot of important nuance in day to day life and also ignores the general tendency of power law distribution of winners IMHO.