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In the West, we highly value the individual. Surely, all of our laws are built on the individual. However, human beings have evolved in groups, and so our psychology is fundamentally built on tribes. This can create a conflict: should we conform to the group or be an individual?If we always conform to the group, we risk group destruction. At the same time, if we always speak up against the group, we find ourselves ostracized and alone which, evolutionarily speaking, means death. The answer, of course, is a balance between the two. But where exactly is that balance? And how do we find it? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices