Post by neil on Nov 14, 2006 19:17:22 GMT -5
Myers-Briggs have been at the forefront of introvert/extrovert research for more than a minute. i don't have a web site to access at the moment because i am a slack puppy.
anyway, the general consensus is that the general population is roughly 70% extrovert and 30% introvert.
for weirdos like me with no job and not enough quality TV to make proper use of my important time; this produces some interesting thoughts about the potential relationships between introverts/extroverts and poetverts.
my first thought was "i'll bet most poets are introverts, because of the private, independent nature of the writing process". of course that discounts performance poets, but i'm pretty sure that they constitute a pretty small percentage of poets overall.
then i thought "wait a minute, that sounds too constrictive to work in the real world". it wouldn't surprise me that MOST poets are introverts; but it is also fairly certain that many solidly extroverted people use this introspective discipline as a quiet outlet to their
nutzoid world ... a balancing, personal time sort of dilly.
so ... who cares?
any thoughts out there of either a personal or a theoretical or a purely jive basis.
i'm pretty much an introvert weiner, but don't quite fit the mold cause i don't like to play the "write it this way or get lost" attitude
that i often find on "technical" or "critical" boards. a plague on them.
so am i a malignantly introverted introvert because i don't like to play by the roolz ... or is my resistance of cookie cutter acceptance mean that there's enough extrovert working to find such passive behavior unacceptable.
only the shadow knows.
ok, kids ... tell me to kiss off if you like.
i'll probably cry ... but i'll get over it.
i think.
neil.
;D
anyway, the general consensus is that the general population is roughly 70% extrovert and 30% introvert.
for weirdos like me with no job and not enough quality TV to make proper use of my important time; this produces some interesting thoughts about the potential relationships between introverts/extroverts and poetverts.
my first thought was "i'll bet most poets are introverts, because of the private, independent nature of the writing process". of course that discounts performance poets, but i'm pretty sure that they constitute a pretty small percentage of poets overall.
then i thought "wait a minute, that sounds too constrictive to work in the real world". it wouldn't surprise me that MOST poets are introverts; but it is also fairly certain that many solidly extroverted people use this introspective discipline as a quiet outlet to their
nutzoid world ... a balancing, personal time sort of dilly.
so ... who cares?
any thoughts out there of either a personal or a theoretical or a purely jive basis.
i'm pretty much an introvert weiner, but don't quite fit the mold cause i don't like to play the "write it this way or get lost" attitude
that i often find on "technical" or "critical" boards. a plague on them.
so am i a malignantly introverted introvert because i don't like to play by the roolz ... or is my resistance of cookie cutter acceptance mean that there's enough extrovert working to find such passive behavior unacceptable.
only the shadow knows.
ok, kids ... tell me to kiss off if you like.
i'll probably cry ... but i'll get over it.
i think.
neil.
;D