the stupidity of crowds theme
Presented is the idea that flocks of people acting in unison often end up acting with remarkable baseness and folly.
Examples
In tz1959e5x07 "The Old Man in the Cave", townspeople disillusioned of the old-man-in-a-cave myth irrationally smashed to smithereens their only hope of salvation: a powerful computer.
3 total · 3 major
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| tz1959e1x22 | major | The Maple Street residents gradually transformed into an hysterical mob when they thought an alien monster was masquerading amongst them. |
| tz1959e5x07 | major | The townspeople disillusioned of the old-man-in-a-cave myth irrationally smashed to smithereens their only hope of salvation: a powerful computer. |
| tz2002e1x31 | major | The Maple Street residents gradually transformed into an hysterical mob when they thought a terrorist was masquerading amongst them. |