This is addressed here: http://www.paulgraham.com/resay.html http://www.paulgraham.com/resay.html "The Conformist Test doesn't consider a third possibility: th

This is addressed here: http://www.paulgraham.com/resay.html http://www.paulgraham.com/resay.html "The Conformist Test doesn't consider a third possibility: that you simply don't care what anyone thinks." True enough. But considering how very hard it is to disentangle yourself from the thinking of your time, someone who comforts himself with this thought is almost certain to be mistaken. It's not enough to be an ornery cuss. You have to be Voltaire, and then some.