Someone mentioned “mass hysteria” above. I think there are cases where, surrounded by a certain culture or context, people feel positive-tribal-emotions about going insane. If that’s true, it seems perhaps quite helpful—to some particular people, in some particular context—for a Big Tribal Leader (or a friend!) to say, “I strongly recommend not going insane! To the extent that this seems interpretable as a choice, I strongly recommend choosing the other thing!”
Interesting, are there examples of people feeling positive-tribal-emotions to “go insane” in the abstract?
I suspect in practice it looks more like social pressure to be sleep-deprived, social pressure to repeat what the Glorious Leader says without question, pressure to ignore widely held taboos, pressure to sacrifice the self, etc.
Someone mentioned “mass hysteria” above. I think there are cases where, surrounded by a certain culture or context, people feel positive-tribal-emotions about going insane. If that’s true, it seems perhaps quite helpful—to some particular people, in some particular context—for a Big Tribal Leader (or a friend!) to say, “I strongly recommend not going insane! To the extent that this seems interpretable as a choice, I strongly recommend choosing the other thing!”
Interesting, are there examples of people feeling positive-tribal-emotions to “go insane” in the abstract?
I suspect in practice it looks more like social pressure to be sleep-deprived, social pressure to repeat what the Glorious Leader says without question, pressure to ignore widely held taboos, pressure to sacrifice the self, etc.