Are you in Sydney or the Bay Area? If so - come join me, Robert Scoble, Loic Le Meur and our host Ross Dawson at the Future of Media Summit 08. A Cross-continental conference.

Otherwise track #fom08 on the various social networks.

Being from Australia, we often discuss internally the advantages and disadvantages of being in the Valley.

Having just come back from there, I can tell you it is an amazing place with an amazing group of people. In fact, I am considering moving there.

The down side though, is that when you are in a tight nit group of people, you can often get trapped in groupthink.

Tara from Citizen Agency has a great post about “Why Smart People Defend Dumb Ideas” where point 2 is what she calls “Circle Jerk” or ‘Echo Chamber Thinking’.

The are many other interesting points on the list so check it out.

Now if I can only control my egotistical need to be right.