That sort of behavior was on full display in Cologne, Germany on New Year’s Eve, when a mob of around 1000 people, many of them refugees from Middle East, lit fireworks, robbed and assaulted pedestrians, and groped dozens of women (at least two cases of rape have been reported). ![]() Unfortunately, that same urge often drives us to do things that are violent, stupid, and ultimately self-destructive. We are after all, social creatures, and our instinctive need to “go with the crowd” has helped us survive and thrive in a world where going it alone can be a death sentence. We love to imagine ourselves as rugged individuals, but we’re extremely susceptible to herd instincts.
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