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Creatures habituate with one another for social, environmental, emotional, and natural reasons- and beyond this there are consequences to not conforming. Such as alienation, lack of skills (education), lack of opportunities, lack of chance and success. Like i said, people need people both to be well as a part of the whole and as a whole together. Looking back the biggest chances in success were To conform. However, looking at todays structure- the biggest chances at success are indeed breaking the norm- being different and innovative. The competition is more intense than ever and everyone is fighting to be new and different in hopes of finding success, happiness, etc. Not a lot of people today are going to get "big" by blending in- people want to stand out, be influential- whether it's with big ideas or a big personality. Examples? Lady Gaga, Steve Jobs, Steven Hawking. The economy, expectations, society, religion, civilization and culture are different now than are older generations- but the pressure will never dissipate, only change form. I