The Paragon of the New Age

                   REFLECTION: WEEK 4

Very interesting week. The theme is the egregore that emerges from collectivity and inclusion of opinions. We tend to fill our flaws and lacks with the presence and opinion of others. We can use this for our advantage in crowdsourcing or incur the consequences of it in context collapse. Like all in life, balance and wisdom are in order. I witnessed this process while researching the Atheist Experience. The community and its leaders crowdsource ideas in their open-mic show and use them as teachable moments for the community. However, many report the context collapse when they are "outed" as an atheist at work or school. The reliance on external fodder and validation bothers me. As social creatures, we may not transcend this, but the old values of community, real ones, and formal study have produced the greatest geniuses so far. What did we get from social media? Trump?