The power of social influence is enormous, but so is the power of the individual. Non-violent fasts and appeals by Gandhi led to the independence of India from the British. Gandhi Life. 44 Social Relations Social psychology teaches us how we relate to one another through prejudice, aggression, and conflict to attraction, and altruism and peacemaking.
Slip Slidin' Away was released as a single in October 1977 and became a major hit, peaking at #5 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. The song eventually became a hit at both Simon's solo concerts and Simon & Garfunkel concerts.
Slip Slidin%27 Away by Paul Simon Songfacts.  1 The nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away.. Paul Simon gave us this koan in this story about three different people who retreat from their passions when confronted with the vagaries of life.