Is sanity linked to the desire to conform?
In insane/crazy are those with dramatically different ways of thinking that make them either unable to operate with majority society, or cause them to be ostracized to the extent which they become confined to the fringe.
Without a reasonable amount of conformity, society would never have been able to expand to support so many people. No immediate judgement on whether this has been a good or bad thing.
Only those who think outside of the box can come up with 'new' ideas, which drive our technology and cultural evolution. Pure conformists would cause total stagnation, while pure insanists would cause total destruction.
Where are you on the sliding scale?
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