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Abilene Paradox

• pavel_lishin 3y ago
  The example explanation immediately makes me think of the Asker vs. Guesser dichotomy: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/05/askers-vs-guessers/340891/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/05/askers-...
• dave333 3y ago
  Support for war might be an example of this. People don't want to be considered unpatriotic.
  • emmelaich 3y ago
    I suspect that's more like groupthink. Though there's a lot of crossover if you just consider the external behaviour.
• motohagiography 3y ago
  This looks a lot like how internet mobbing and other modern kinds of mobs get formed.