This will vary greatly with age, location, culture, ethnicity, etc. But generally, the Western world, particularly the heavily industrialized corridors such a

This will vary greatly with age, location, culture, ethnicity, etc. But generally, the Western world, particularly the heavily industrialized corridors such as the US and Europe, are going through a tribalization phase. This is one of Marshall McLuhan's theories. In this phase, conformity is rewarded, because communications have "shrunk" the world, allowing almost anyone to reach other to other's as if they were in the same village. He called the networks formed by international speed-of-light communications the "global village." Since a village can be a harsh physical environment, it requires a strict social environment to survive. Therefore anyone branching out is own their own.... ...unless of course, they're so far out that they're successful (e.g. Elon Musk), in which case they become the new center to rally around. You might call it the Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer Effect[0] But that's exactly what the author concluded: "It takes unusual art, allies, and energy, in a word “eliteness”, to survive while choosing lively." Freud also discussed this balance between the individual and society in _Society and Its Discontents_. I personally feel the pull all the time. I want to be weird in certain ways I won't discuss here... But presently, deviation has an accepted form and that's not me. [0] https://miro.medium.com/max/720/1*nLHfkNG67b6fi-ccF_G4yA.webp https://miro.medium.com/max/720/1*nLHfkNG67b6fi-ccF_G4yA.web...