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I have trouble believing someone could never end up starting as an ass, and end up been agreeable. I've known too many people who have moderated over the course

I have trouble believing someone could never end up starting as an ass, and end up been agreeable. I've known too many people who have moderated over the course of their lives. However, everyone who even tries to stand up to anyone else risks being an ass, so everyone with a backbone probably will be at some point.

citrate05 4y ago
Most people naturally become more agreeable over the courses of their lives (as well as less neurotic and more conscientious). Beyond that, intentional personality change also seems to be possible. For example, this is a study that used a coaching app to help people change aspects of their personality [1]; apparently, people who wanted to increase agreeableness did see pretty large effect sizes. [1] https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2017548118 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2017548118