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Some thoughts: 1) Am I the only one thinking, that some of the terms used to describe introverts: "guarded," "loner," "reserved," "taciturn," "self-contained,"
by blr_hack 16y ago
Some thoughts:
1) Am I the only one thinking, that some of the terms used to describe introverts: "guarded," "loner," "reserved," "taciturn," "self-contained," "private", have since long been stopped to be considered as negatives?
2) Think, Introverts easily command more respect, on an average, than extroverts (no data to back this up. Just my perception). Even extroverts, based on my anecdotal experiences, regard introverts with a lot of respect, as high achievers often tend to be introverted.
3) I like the definition though: "introverts are people who find other people tiring"
4) Think, >=70% ppl on HN are introverts. [ A poll could confirm this ... or break this :) ]
- _delirium 16y agoI think #1 and #2 are true, but mainly for introverts who are also seen as being somehow "serious" and accomplished, which is what earns the respect, and then the introversion adds an air of mysteriousness to it. There's a pretty old and fairly positive stereotype of the reserved intellectual, and similarly for the quiet, private artist or novelist (the counterpart of the cafe-frequenting extraverted artist). But I think among people who don't have a particularly serious/accomplished air going for them, extraverts get seen more positively by default. Even if both are seen as sort of time-wasting, somehow "wastes his time drinking and telling stories in bars" gets ranked higher than "wastes his time at home playing videogames".