No More Introverts - by Peter Zhang - Brainpickings
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Times are lonely. People aren’t.
Let’s put a pause on the concept. Let’s stop talking about “introverts” as a type of person. Pop psychology takes introversion to be a personality style characterized by a “preference for the inner life of the mind over the outer world of other people.”1 Our culture elevates introversion to ontology—Peter is an introvert, his nature is to be quiet, he belongs in his own head. A fly-by of the Google search results confirms it: there is nothing wrong with being an introvert; we need to stop treating it as an ailment; if you are an introvert, you don’t need to change anything. Introvert or…
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