Shirky: A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy
Clay Shirky has an interesting article, A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy, on group dynamics. In it he covers the three patterns detailed by W.R. Bion in a book Experiences in Groups: And Other Papers.
These three patterns are:
- Sex Talk where the group involves flirtatious or salacious talk or emotions passing between pairs of members,
- Vilification of External Enemies where identifying else can lead to group cohesion,
- Religious Veneration where something has been nominated as beyond critique.
