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Originally Posted by jerome len
this poll may have missed many persons 1st choice. "both" Like many others I'm some of both.
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Very good point. It's a continuum, not an either/or, and most people are probably near the middle. Forced to choose, I think a lot of the "mixed" types (50%?) are designating themselves as either/or, but that's not really accurate.
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Originally Posted by wishin&hopin
I got close to the max too. Of particular interest to early-retirement.org members is this item in the quiz:
4. I seem to care less than my peers about wealth, fame and status.
That's crucial to achieving FI and the LBYM strategy, which indicates why so many of us here are introverts.
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Yes, I know that my disinterest in social status feels like part of my introversion and has helped me live below my means. Also, I think being an introvert is probably a cheaper lifestyle than being an extrovert, on average.
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There's no doubt the Intranet is a natural for introverts -- that's why some jokingly call it the Intronet. But I'd argue that, ironically, it's made us into virtual extroverts. Although the Web considerably expands our connections with those who share similar interests, those connections are shallower and more tenuous. We've paid a price in the considerable diminution of deeper one-to-one social interactions.
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I'm sure that's true in some ways. Otoh, I've had some of my deepest relationships grow out of online connections, including several girlfriends and a marriage. So I think it can work both ways.
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From "Revenge of the Introvert" article in Psychology Today:
According to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality test administered to two randomized national samples, introverts make up 50 percent of the U.S. population.
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Which is considerably higher than most estimates, and it makes me think the M-B overestimates introversion. Most of the estimates I'm familiar with put introverts as about 1/4 or 1/3 of the population. Which makes sense. It wouldn't be 50/50. Just from an evolutionary standpoint, extroverts would by nature be more likely to reproduce, so the population must contain more of them than introverts.
I think that's part of why we're seeing such an extreme 90/10 split. A lot of people seem to be using the M-B designation as their reference point. I think the M-B overestimates introversion.