
Somewhere in the book
The Age of Absurdity, author
Michael Foley writes about the "Crank" principle. The principle basically describes how anyone who steps back from conforming to popular, but
flawed, sentiment to present a contrarian idea is almost always dismissed as a crank. But if one
persistently gives a
consistent and logical presentation of said idea over a prolonged timeframe, such people eventually prevail.
Blind conformity to the
popular represents an abdication of
personal responsibility. It is only when one tempers the instinct to conform by applying a
critical mind to evaluating options that one becomes truly
free.
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