Comments on: The Crowd is an Illusion http://artofgreatthings.com/2009/09/the-crowd-is-an-illusion/ Better Ways to Live, Work, and Change the World Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:27:59 -0500 hourly 1 By: Shane_ExAp http://artofgreatthings.com/2009/09/the-crowd-is-an-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Shane_ExAp Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:44:07 +0000 http://artofgreatthings.com/?p=1010#comment-365 You've just reminded me of something: Seth Godin's new book is about Tribes, i.e. rallying relatively small groups of people around a certain cause and making stuff happen. I haven't read it, but I've read about it and it's on my reading list.<br>I guess you could say that you ideally find a balance between following others for good causes and being Alexander for some of your own causes. You've just reminded me of something: Seth Godin's new book is about Tribes, i.e. rallying relatively small groups of people around a certain cause and making stuff happen. I haven't read it, but I've read about it and it's on my reading list.
I guess you could say that you ideally find a balance between following others for good causes and being Alexander for some of your own causes.

]]> By: Jeffrey Tang http://artofgreatthings.com/2009/09/the-crowd-is-an-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Jeffrey Tang Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:58:24 +0000 http://artofgreatthings.com/?p=1010#comment-362 That's a very good point, Shane. I agree with you - we don't all need to be Alexander. Not everyone can or should be the leader all the time. Learning to follow the right leader is also an important lesson. But I believe there's always a chance for each of us to lead and do something worth remembering.<br><br>Thanks for your input, Shane! That's a very good point, Shane. I agree with you – we don't all need to be Alexander. Not everyone can or should be the leader all the time. Learning to follow the right leader is also an important lesson. But I believe there's always a chance for each of us to lead and do something worth remembering.

Thanks for your input, Shane!

]]> By: Shane_ExAp http://artofgreatthings.com/2009/09/the-crowd-is-an-illusion/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Shane_ExAp Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:10:44 +0000 http://artofgreatthings.com/?p=1010#comment-358 Intersting post! It's a very good reminder to not forget the individual people and lives behind "the others", "the customers", "the government" and any number of other groups we often refer to in our daily lives.<br>I'm not quite with you on the conclusion, though. We can't all be Alexander and, so I believe, neither do we need to be. Intersting post! It's a very good reminder to not forget the individual people and lives behind “the others”, “the customers”, “the government” and any number of other groups we often refer to in our daily lives.
I'm not quite with you on the conclusion, though. We can't all be Alexander and, so I believe, neither do we need to be.

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