But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.

Suzanne Collins
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In a recent article, “The Power of Collective Thinking”, the author said “But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We’re fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.” This statement alludes to the fact that rats are able to work together as a pack, but every once in a while they just forget what they were doing and go off on their own. In other words, humans have the gift of being able to work together as a team but we have the gift of being able to forget what we were doing.

Source: Mockingjay

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