I remembered the very serene and calming feeling that washed over me when I was reading the Buddhist sutras.

There certainly is a reason why thousands or even millions of people are fascinated by Eastern practices.

Didn't know there was a field studying collective wisdom! (Those two terms seem kinda in conflict!)

Yes, they are in a kind of conflict indeed :) It's a double edge sword. If you research it a bit further you will find out that there are certain processes that must be navigated in order to provoke the wisdom rather than the idiotism of the crowd :D Furthermore, there are some very special external and internal (within the group) conditions that must be present, e.g. diversity of the group members (background, education, age, etc.).

It's an extremely interesting and broad subject. However, this wasn't the main focus of the post and I had to restrain myself from getting into more details (I guess you are well familiar with the feeling :) ). Alan Briskin is one of the pioneers in the field and if you are interested, you can check his book.

And thank you too for these posts and for your presence! :)

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(damn it, emoji! Why don't you work for once!)