This is a work in progress following a top down approach
Formerly entitled "Complete Conformity Among Humans is Bad"
By David M. Petersen
(so Version 2)
Outline:
Be part of the grey horde? I’d rather be dead! On this planet, conforming success (Lawyer, Accountant, CEO, etc.) and arrogance seem to go hand in hand; however, be prepared, you people who have so easily plugged in to society! Can you become something that hasn’t existed before? I won’t hold my breath. Your arrogance is just humiliation waiting to happen. We are seriously fucking with the future if we crush all individuality with our seemingly uniform and relentless need for conformity. Nietzsche was right, the individual must fight against the herd, and it is important to do so for all the given reasons below. I am a non-conforming individual and I believe and will show that human non-conformance is very necessary to our future, and is also under attack on this planet!
Music saved me when I was a kid; I was like a wild animal; today I would have probably been diagnosed with ADHD. Along the way I've learned that I must be internally motivated; I had to learn discipline; I had to learn to not be so sensitive; I had to learn the power of the schedule book; I had to learn to be autodidactic; I learned that I'm an introverted thinking type and a polymath; I also learned that I am an empath so I cant help but care. It seems to me that it's really the ADHD + the empath thing that the "conformie normies" don't like. It all just makes me wonder who else is getting screwed over by the conformie normies!
The conformers with power (both men and women)! somewhere I picked up an analogy that works here: The settlers don't like the explorers and try to shut them down in the early stages. As far as the conformers with power are concerned, you better have that 1 trick pony resume. Their favorite line is the old "get a real job" zinger (how about now? should I get a real job?)
Kids Under Attack: What is ADHD? www.psychiatry.org Link Non conformity is obviously not always good; it must be guided towards good. Kids with ADHD are potentially polymaths/creatives. Is there a connection between being an empath and a polymath? So they display hyperactivity? You mean their gonna get more done than you and you can't control them? Sounds like my people! RSNA Press Release: ADHD Medication May Affect Brain Development in Children Link In other words, drugging them to control them in the classroom and home. Sorry, but putting kids on speed cannot be the answer! Doctor: ADHD Does Not Exist; Dr. Richard Saul; Link To me it just sounds like they're hyper bored. What do they like? Start with that. They probably need a whole different environment than the conformies to learn. School is most often For the externally motivated. The creative type must be internally motivated to learn. The creative kid does not want to conform; he/she wants to create his own structure. To try to structure (ie high school) a creative child will only push him/her away and kill their spirit. The key is to primarily support and feed their interests.
However, the aware kid must learn to be strong. Strength is learned; acheived; built step by step. You have a choice you can suffer for a good cause or you can just suffer, because suffer you will. What ultimately separates good non-conformity from bad non-conformity is whether you're working for a higher purpose than yourself or not. Also, to be strong, a human must be able to "ride the edge of chaos."
Real human progress is made by the misfits! human non-conformers (empaths and polymaths) are very necessary to our future. People are not just "smart" or "not smart." Creativity starts anywhere (small) and ends up anywhere; YOU cannot decide whether what they are working on is valid or not! Since we are in an evolving system (the universe) and the only constant is change, it follows that If you are a misfit you are evolution in action. Therefore if your're conforming and you're looking down on someone who doesn't fit in you're potentially looking down on progress. Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World; Adam M. Grant Link Being a polymath can hep you diversify to survive. The Power of Polymathy: Nurturing versatile thinkers for a dynamic world. Jessica Koehler Ph.D. Link
Both the empath and polymath phenomenons are related to awareness; the world badly needs more awareness
I am not suggesting that non-conforming people are better than conforming people, only that both are just as necessary for the continued healthy evolution and progress of the human race.
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