We assume that insanity involves malfunctions of the brain - or some other part of the body, such as the thyroid. But we have concentrated on the brain, because it is so fascinating - and it is obvious that plenty of things can go wrong there. In fact, its a miracle that it works at all.
But it is also obvious. that much insanity is developed by groups of people, acting in dysfunctional ways. Nazism, being prime example. And, on a more mundane level - the dysfunctional family.
When I was working in Silicon Valley, in the Nineties, I become acquainted with Elaine Aron, and attended a workshop she gave in San Francisco. She told us how she had discovered, that she was a highly sensitive person.
She had attracted a following herself - of other highly-sensitive people. And had become one of the Interesting People in the Valley. One of many of them.
She would not say, however - that the Valley itself was dysfunctional. Which it clearly was.
That was going too far.
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