It's classic herding behavior; that being earlier adopters are more willing to take risks in their view of reality, but also pragmatic in their observations.

It's classic herding behavior; that being earlier adopters are more willing to take risks in their view of reality, but also pragmatic in their observations. The mainstream takes less risk and constructs a reality based on absolutes. Laggers believe their reality is the only true one; when confronted with a reality that does not match their own, they ignore it until it's no longer an option to do so.