[typon]

What are his arguments? That's what I'm puzzled about.

Usually an argument is a series of premises followed by discussion of how those premises combine to lead to a conclusion. The conclusion can be deductive or inductive. I am not demanding a scientific or sociological proof - but there is not even an attempt at explaining why these premises hold. There are two types of people in this world - independent and non-independent thinkers. Why? What if there are 10 types of people in this world, all landing on a spectrum of independent and conventional thought mixed in different aspects of their lives? Why should I accept the premises? What good is reading a conclusion (how to cultivate "independent thought" in the second half of the essay) when I don't know if the premises are even valid?

[davidivadavid]

There are no arguments in this essay. It reads like someone thinking out loud as they read through the Wikipedia page on the topic of conformity.

"I like PG but" (c) this essay was kind of embarrassing/cringy?