> I am a strong advocate of critical thinking and independent verification, but I can tell you that it gets me into trouble more often than it gets me accolades :-).
I was discouraged by that fact before, and wondered whether joining the herd thinking was actually better for my own life. Until I avoided the China stock market crash last year, where many others persist in their illusion that the stock market can boom even when the fundamentals are weak.
In fact, critical thinking and independent verification only get you into trouble if you publicly speak out. If you just keep the results to yourself, you can find opportunities and escape disasters before others, assuming your thinking gets you closer to the truth rather than further. Why enlighten the fools if you can just exploit them? Especially since they won't listen anyway?
The fundamentals lost their annual rise from 6% to 3%, which is still a much better rate than any other major economy.
I kept my chinese investments and it's still raising with 3.5%. True rises, not artificial booms.
Still more secure than the promised 10-20% interest from monetary gambling by wallstreet, not backed up by economic advantages.
I was discouraged by that fact before, and wondered whether joining the herd thinking was actually better for my own life. Until I avoided the China stock market crash last year, where many others persist in their illusion that the stock market can boom even when the fundamentals are weak.
In fact, critical thinking and independent verification only get you into trouble if you publicly speak out. If you just keep the results to yourself, you can find opportunities and escape disasters before others, assuming your thinking gets you closer to the truth rather than further. Why enlighten the fools if you can just exploit them? Especially since they won't listen anyway?