<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Groups tend to police difference. Societies... > Groups tend to police difference. Societies celebrate their innovators and nonconformists in history books while often resisting, mocking, or cutting down the ones standing in front of them, a pattern some call tall poppy syndrome. You do not have to be bitter about it; you have to understand it and be prepared for it when you step away from the pack. **Source:** [[livestreams/Austin Cityscape After-Show — Attention, Identity, and Finding Your Tribe - Workbook|Austin Cityscape After-Show — Attention, Identity, and Finding Your Tribe]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Groups tend to police difference. Societies celebrate their innovators and nonconformists in history books while often resisting, mocking, or cutting down the ones standing in front of them, a pattern some call tall poppy syndrome. You do not have to be bitter about it; you have to understand it and be prepared for it when you step away from the pack.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-groups-tend-police-step-away-pack ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->