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The numbers are interesting, but I think mtype projects too much of their opinion on the data. For instance, they describe the "elites" as "selfish elites". Th
by credo 16y ago
The numbers are interesting, but I think mtype projects too much of their opinion on the data.
For instance, they describe the "elites" as "selfish elites". They also go on to say that
"the selfish are more likely than non-selfish elites to jump on the opportunity to take work and the web deeper into their lives. The unselfish are less likely to be single-mindedly ambitious and more likely to be attuned to the needs of their families and other private, offline pursuits. Also keep in mind that all of these personality correlations are independent. Perhaps simply the willingness to shell out hundreds of dollars for an unproven personal device correlates with selfishness"
Interestingly, their data shows that iPad owners listed "Greed" and "Pride" as their biggest sin to a much lesser extent than iPad critics. However, compared to critics, to a much greater extent, iPad owners listed "lust" and "overeating" as their biggest sin.
The mytype guys seem to think that the "lust" and "overeating" data confirm the "selfish" nature of elites, while conveniently ignoring the data on "greed".
Regardless, it is possible that X's greatest "sin" may be overeating and Y's greatest sin may be "Pride". Yet, if you compare X and Y on "overeating" alone, you may well find that Y overeats a lot more than X. The mytype guys don't seem to consider this scenario at all
- mytype 16y agoI'm the author of the post. Admittedly I got into some speculation in the post, and I tried to frame it as such, not as unequivocal facts "proven" by the data. The only thing that's solid is the data. There are a number of interpretations that can be made from it, mine is just one of them. We labeled owners "selfish" because they scored low on measures of kindness (our official term is benevolence) and altruism. These are solid psychological measures. The "biggest sin" question is more just for fun and wasn't taken into account in summarizing the Owners and Critics. There's a lot of data there, trying to paint a picture that is consistent with all of the data is pretty much impossible. I did my best to pull out the main theme from the data.
- albemuth 16y agoMaybe the selfish elite are less likely to admit being greedy edit: wrong italic markup