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The Right to Be Stupid says "My street smarts are JUST as valid as your book smarts" and is often right.

A powerful aspect of this life philosophy is that it unlocks a human's purest expression of courage, will, and energy when one takes stewardship of their own lives. It discovers nuclear energy for human spirit. Independence and Freedom.

But it can also become toxic in many ways. The Head of the Household can become a common Wife Beater. "My Home" comes across as selfish when we suddenly realize we're all on the same giant ball breathing the same air and it's "Our Home."

What happens when a community has a critical mass of independent thinkers is that it has a great amount of diversity due to the independent thinking but ALSO can more easily assimilate other diversity.

If I'm a juggling cat trainer I would be killed by the Barbarian Cannibals and ignored by the Wandering Alchemists, but a motley crew of random but independent thinkers can say "I'm sure we can find a use for you."

The group has multiple points of view with which to creatively assimilate the new skills.

Here's something that I think is missed though. To "assimilate" is an act of violence. It rips from one home in order to plant in another. I as a juggling cat trainer may be valuable in some form but I as a schizophrenic pyromaniac won't be accepted.

That is, a group of independent thinkers has a limitation on how independent it can think because it can't assimilate group-destructive thoughts. It's actively allergic to them.