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June 09, 2004
typecasting
as a long-time fan of the myers-briggs personality type indicator (which one are you? i'm an INFP) i guess it's natural that eventually, i'd come up with my own personality type system.
here's what i've come up with so far:
- people who are interested in creation
- people who are interested in exploration
- people who are interested in preservation
it seems like there ought to be a fourth, or even a fifth, but i haven't thought of them yet. i consider myself to be mainly the first type, but interestingly, i think i feel a lot of guilt over not being more of the second type.
as with all simple systems that one attempts to apply to human personality, it breaks down pretty quickly under scrutiny so it's probably best just to take it at face value.
can you think what i'm missing? do you see yourself in any of these?
a possible fourth might be people that i think of as "sensualists"... maybe i would say that they are interested in experiencing.
Posted by lisa at June 09, 2004 09:41 AM | TrackBack
Comments
Oh wow, this is an exceptionally cool idea: a personality typography phrased as "interested in".
I will have to think on this.
Posted by: Phil on June 9, 2004 11:25 AM
if i were still off wanking in grad school (did you know that the au courant french expression for "i don't care" translates literally as "i play with myself"?), i'd point out that your three categories map neatly on nietzsche's three "methods of history":
creation > critical
exploration > monumental
preservation > antiquarian
i think i'm definitely a good mix of 2 and 4. i chide myself for not being more 1.
Posted by: rick! on June 9, 2004 01:50 PM
A fellow INFP who has stupidly waited almost 10 years to do this is interested in Reconnecting. I truly miss you - I have all along - and I'd really like to talk to you. If you're cool with this, forward me your phone number at alj@dolby.com.
Posted by: Angela on June 9, 2004 07:55 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.