[function_seven]

Yeah, I know. But something inside me feels "tricked" when the one independent thing I did is "really" part of a herd changing direction.

I quit smoking a little over a year ago. Switched to vaping. Apparently 2016 was the year that everybody did that. I thought I was just making the choice to live a little healthier, but it turns out the invisible hand of Trendy Stuff swept me up. :)

[bitexploder]

It happens in science and in my field (infosec) too. Two researchers will independently come up with the same idea. You just have similar information to everyone else.