Great Ted talk on introversion.

PrinceofWands · Mar 11, 2012

One of the best, most important Ted Talks I've watched. This one has the answers to one of the most important problems facing our country (and perhaps the world).

http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts.html

DesiPower · Mar 11, 2012

What is Ted, why does it talk? some background please...

busydude · Mar 11, 2012

DesiPower said:
What is Ted, why does it talk? some background please...

Go back to your cave.. you fool.

DesiPower · Mar 11, 2012

busydude said:
Go back to your cave.. you fool.

command acknowledged, you elitist jackass...

busydude · Mar 11, 2012

Haha.. knowing what ted talks is.. makes me an elitist?

Printer Bandit · Mar 11, 2012

DesiPower said:
What is Ted, why does it talk? some background please...

quakefiend420 · Mar 11, 2012

that was very engaging

Jeff7 · Mar 11, 2012

I can think of a fairly large number of people who need to be tied down and force them to listen to this.

My experience has been that having any kind of desire or preference to be somewhere quiet and alone is as acceptable as throwing live puppies into a blender.

busydude · Mar 11, 2012

Stop the madness for constant group work!!!!! Yay!

I fucking hate course projects that requires me work in a group.

Farang · Mar 11, 2012

I'm a successful salesman in a sales organization and I work in an open-cube environment. I get forced to do all sorts of networking/social events as part of my job.

As an introvert, I can totally relate to what she is saying. I hate socializing for the sake of socializing, and when I have to do it I'm painfully putting on an act. My not liking this runs counter to everyone around me at my company, who tend to be extremely extroverted. I also know that despite my success, I'm never going to be promoted because I don't fit the mold of the outgoing, in-your-face manager.

I've been called quite or shy or whatever but it isn't that. It is more I don't feel the need to glad-hand everyone I meet, because frankly I have enough friends and I meet enough people that any given stranger is not high on my list of priorities.

DrPizza · Mar 11, 2012

Good talk.

Dr. Zaus · Mar 12, 2012

This is where my dissertation is going .

+1 internet to PoW.

0roo0roo · Mar 12, 2012

her209 · Mar 12, 2012

Serial killers are probably introverts as well.

sdifox · Mar 12, 2012

her209 said:
Serial killers are probably introverts as well.

not likely. They need to chat up victims first :biggrin:

Dr. Zaus · Mar 12, 2012

sdifox said:
not likely. They need to chat up victims first :biggrin:

I hear they really know how to cut people up.

ps

I read a paper linking introversion to serial killing.

Ancalagon44 · Mar 12, 2012

I read a paper linking Internet forum use to serial killing.

BRB need to check on my victims

Dr. Zaus · Mar 12, 2012

Ancalagon44 said:
I read a paper linking Internet forum use to serial killing.

BRB need to check on my victims

To be fair, the paper was quite shitty.

sdifox · Mar 12, 2012

this one is interesting too

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code.html

malbojah · Mar 12, 2012

The only good TED talk was the Peter Weyland one :biggrin:

ConwayJim · Mar 12, 2012

Great find, I agree with a lot said.

clamum · Mar 12, 2012

Excellent talk; as an introvert I agree with everything she said. Plenty of times I've been made to feel "weird" for liking solitude and not requiring conversation or constant stimulus, and that's fucking annoying.

destrekor · Mar 12, 2012

DixyCrat said:
I hear they really know how to cut people up.

ps

I read a paper linking introversion to serial killing.

Shitty paper or not, I think all of this really is related: introversion itself, imho, won't naturally lead to issues in society. But society can really put a hurt on an "anti-social" introvert, and if that person doesn't reach out for help (another thing that is shunned), something terrible can happen.
Hell, I have a feeling that's why most murderers (non-passion) are male. Introverts get screwed up because of how a lot of society treats/reacts to their tendencies, and there is a pervasive opinion in our society that males should not reach out for help (it's "weak" and "feminine", "men should tough things out, figure things out on their own, or they aren't a real man"). I have a feeling quite a few women HAVE reached out for help (and the intelligent introvert male likely has too) at the right point in time, and that assistance helped steer them from the "I want to kill! Kill! KIIILL!!" path.

<-- introvert (intuitive introvert according to the short tests I've taken)

I honestly agree with, well, beyond what I just said, with the whole concept that introverts can offer a lot. As an intuitive-type introvert, I thoroughly believe I could help in a ton of arenas, but carving out a career path to get me there has been difficult. Hell, I don't even know what/how to do it. My "network" list is abysmal and I have little job or education cert-type experience, so it's basically up to landing in something awesome.

Aikouka · Mar 12, 2012

I find it interesting how people at my current job are much more chatty than at my old job. At my old job, I would pass people in the hall all the time, and no one would really say anything unless they knew you fairly well (teammate, person you worked with often, manager, etc.). Around here, there are people that I don't even know that will greet me in the hall.

Not that I dislike the people, but I'm just not the type of person to greet everyone like a McDonald's cashier.

BrunoPuntzJones · Mar 12, 2012

Another good one by Peter Weyland and changing the world.

http://blog.ted.com/ted2023/

Great Ted talk on introversion.

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