It’s an apocryphal story that became popular with “new age” and personal development crowds to encourage you to not be like the masses. It is endearing and illu

It’s an apocryphal story that became popular with “new age” and personal development crowds to encourage you to not be like the masses. It is endearing and illustrative of a useful truism, but sadly made up to be that way. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundredth_monkey_effect https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundredth_monkey_effect