The Boring Planet

Being yourself doesn't require any extra effort or energy from you. Actually, most people spend far too much energy and money trying to fit in. It’s their fear of being viewed as not normal or weird that compels them to buy only what’s heavily advertised and only the music that iTunes recommends. This fear is what drives cultural blandness. Conformity only leads to a boring planet.

Who decides what is “normal” and “weird”? Why is it that once most adults reach 30 they’ve given up their own identity and have gotten in line with everybody else?  I believe they start to care more about what their next-door-neighbor thinks and less about what really makes them happy. They’ve decided they’ve had enough of being themselves and can only gain mass acceptance by fitting in. 

Why do you care what other people think? If you like blue hair, old cars and punk rock, why does it matter? It matters because it’s not the mainstream. It’s not predictable. It’s not what everyone else is into. It’s weird.

If you follow whatever the crowd follows, that’s weird. Unfortunately, that’s what drives our economy. Crowds follow what they’re taught to follow and that forces mass consumption. The end result is cultural blandness.

You be weird.