Group think has its advantages and disadvantages. As demonstrated in class, working in a group allowed us to pool our knowledge together to come up with solutions faster and more effectively. In the professional context, groupthink has similar effects, getting the same job done in a more efficient manner. At the same time, individuals in a group are less likely to go against the grain in order to keep the group dynamic somewhat stable and conflict-free. Sometimes, conflict is necessary in order to produce positive change and this is less likely to occur in a situation where individuals must compromise and cooperate in order to get something accomplished. In the context of surveillance, individuals will usually submit to the groupthink mentality as a way to support the government's role in providing security and rooting out unnecessary conflict. However, it is necessary to question the implications of groupthink in this situation. Going back to the idea of the panopticon perspective, people who know they are being watched subconsciously behave differently in fear of doing something that might be interpreted as suspicious (this happens on the internet since people are aware of the surveillance that goes on; hence the reason for spyware).

Transactive memory works in a similar fashion since the focus is on the collective body, not the individual. This is why study groups are so effective, since students can pool together class notes and have access to more resources than if they were to study individually. This concept is inherent in gaming and seems to have fewer negative implications than the idea of group think.