What is Collective Folly • Part 1
I am a human being. Nothing that is human is alien to me.
— Publius Terentius Afer, a Roman playwright When groups and larger collectives realize their potential for collective wisdom, they can experience moments of profound connection, and become capable of extraordinary action. Often when human beings gather in groups, however, we become conduits for wisdom’s opposite— folly. We use the term folly to reflect a continuum of behaviors, from mere foolishness to acts o