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The record was a proper step sideways, one which saw the band embracing old-school fans' demands for thrash, as well as new converts' desires for catchy. It was one of those rare cases where both ...

Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein's new book “Conformity: The Power of Social Influence” clearly and thoughtfully lays out the familiar case for dissent. Conformity is dangerous, Sunstein ...

What causes individuals to conform to the opinions and judgments of others? Why do they need to? When is it an advantage to merge with the group and when is it not? Investigating the social, ...

For much of their first decade of activity (and occasional inactivity), Corrosion of Conformity’s career was as unruly and chaotic as their violent fusion of metal and punk. For a brief moment in 1985 ...

We need only look at schooling in America to see how engrained our disdain for diversity actually is. That is part of the post below about diversity in education — or rather what the author says is ...

A few decades ago, the model for a succeeding in business was built on a platform of employee conformity. Employees masked who they were, leaving their true selves at the office door, and went to ...

For their first album in seven years, the classic heavy-rock trio crafted the album they never got around to in their 20s, an LP recorded in Dave Grohl's studio that seethes with a swampy rawness they ...

The year 2014 has been a pretty good one for bands from the American South. Eyehategod, Mastodon, Crowbar, Down and a few others immediately come to mind. You can add Corrosion of Conformity and their ...