Just an experiment that I read about in my book that I thought was pretty true...

Cordon off a small portion of a narrow pavement using tapes (to make it look like a construction site). You do not have to put anything inside the area. Make sure that there is no way to cross the pavement other than to bypass the"construction site" by going down to the road. Now, sit yourself across the road and observe.

How many people will actually go down onto the road without asking or even looking, bypass the site and then continue on the pavement after the obstacle?

Lots. Maybe nobody will dare to tear apart your tapes and go right the area.

Even though there is evidently nothing under construction within that area, people will just avoid that obstacle and rather risk their life momentarily by going down onto the road. In actual fact, I think I would do that as well. But why?

Why do we not question anymore? Why do we just accept things as they are and always try to go for the easier (though more dangerous) route? Are we really so pressed for time that we don't pay attention to details anymore?

If anyone would take a closer look at the "construction site", he would have realized that it is a hoax. There was no construction been carried out in the cordoned area and he could jolly well walk right through the pavement through the tapes without going down to the road.

That would be the person you are waiting for. The one who observes and executes his actions wisely and boldly. The one who doesn't just follow.

Will you be the one?

Mr Black is a current undergraduate who resides in Singapore. This blog is a non-whimsical reflection of his life and the society in which he lives in at large.

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