Society needs outsiders’ perspectives to see its own blind spots

Evidence

Just as I need someone to observe things about myself or my writing that I can’t see, mainstream society needs the perspective of its outsiders and recluses to illuminate problems and alternatives that aren’t visible from the inside. That same journey that takes the seeker toward the sage takes him out of the world as he knows it. — Jenny Odell, How to Do Nothing, 214

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reading a society’s direction requires informed detachment — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 734; Sociology overlooked the pervasive situation of strangers among strangers — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 1064; Insiders take a society’s basic structure for granted while outsiders judge it unfair. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 717 (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Reading a society’s direction requires informed detachment — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 734; Sociology overlooked the pervasive situation of strangers among strangers — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 1064; Insiders take a society’s basic structure for granted while outsiders judge it unfair. — Nicolas Baumard, A mutualistic approach to morality: The…, 717 (+2 more)