No, I think you are right. Going with the flow isn't a bad thing, in fact, it's what most of us do. We go through life following through the "standards" and "ideas" that had been layed out by our predecessors. There's nothing wrong with that, but you have to realize too that if you want to do something out from the ordinary, or achieve something different, it might be necessary to go "upstream". Out of the many great people I know, I find one thing in common with them... they almost always challenge the common thinking of their time.
Now I'm not saying that I want to be great per se... but at least I can do something better with my life far from just being lukewarm.
Just some thoughts.

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