Paul Graham on Twitter: "Was explaining to my 7 yo the dumb things teenagers do, and realized most are caused by caring too much what their friends think."

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1. Daven‏ @daveisinport 24 May 2016
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  .@paulg Pretty much every age group is susceptible to groupthink
  
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1. Dan Gant‏ @dgant 24 May 2016
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  By siloing teenagers in schools, we give them few other people to impress.
  
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1. PALcapital‏ @PALcapital 24 May 2016
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  as opposed to the dumb things adults and VCs do? ;)
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1. Joe Newstrom‏ @JoeNewstrom 24 May 2016
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  Relevant: http://waitbutwhy.com/2014/06/taming-mammoth-let-peoples-opinions-run-life.html …
  
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1. Kyle Mathews‏ @kylemathews 24 May 2016
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  http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/05/05/dares-costly-signals-and-psychopaths/ …
  
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1. UnmistakableCreative‏ @UnmistakableCR 24 May 2016
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  adults do as well sometimes :)
  
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1. Kyle Wild‏ @dorkitude 24 May 2016
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  external scoreboard vs. internal scoreboard!
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1. Chris Lamprecht‏ @mthreat 24 May 2016
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  Or caring what their non-friends think
  
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1. Sriram Subramanian‏ @sriramhere 24 May 2016
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  and a lot of dumb things adults do are from caring too much about what 'others' would think
  
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1. Radha Kizhanattam‏ @radha__rk 24 May 2016
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  1990: Peer pressure, Gen Y Style 2000: Peer pressure, Gen Z Style
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