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Laugh Tracks . . .

7/17/2016

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​by Maria Corse

 . . .  are just one more indication that current cultural patterns are created from nothing more than multiple games of follow the leader. Human beings have become Pavlov's dog, automations conditioned to respond to cues, signals, and prompts. We chuckle, moan, or clap when the “audience” laughs, groans, or applauds. When the latest app game becomes a fad, we are instantly addicted. Hate, vitriol, ignorance, and unkindness have their own bandwagon. Obsessions are adopted rapidly simply because crowd mentality has deemed them innocuous.

Our innate sense of inquisitiveness, thoughtfulness, and individualism has been high jacked by a system that encourages and promotes conformity, meaningless competition, and uniformity.

​I believe that passion and a personal commitment toward self-determination are the keys to sabotaging this phenomenon. Despite popular belief, we are not rudderless rafts adrift in a sea of indecisiveness.







​You can make every choice unique --- based on your own experiences, interests, values, and ideals by investigating, researching, and thinking before stalking the crowd. Dare to be different. Live compassionately. Drive off the beaten track, and, please, laugh outside the lines.  

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