This is something that I've been thinking about for years.. going to try to flush it out here. I believe it stems from my hate of 'tortured artist' types.
Why do people have different personalities? At first you might think everybody should agree on one way to act. You might say that the world would be a lot better place if everybody were just like you, but thats missing the point.
Just like every different animal in nature fills a special niche to get to the food, a person's personality is their way of filling a void and fitting in to society. After all, if everyone acted the same way and had a degree in the same thing, thered be no incentive to be that way, or do that profession. The first person who was born 'different' would rule the world.
So now we need to acknowledge that even though we're all somewhat different, we're the same. Everybody has the same needs, we've all just got different strategies about how to get them. Lets have a look at the different personality types.
I'm smarter than you.
I'm better-looking than you.
I'm stronger than you.
I'm funnier than you.
I'm nicer than you.
Most people are one-trait dominant, but we try to be all of them at different times. This is because all of those types of people, you do need in varying situations. People could try to be all things at all times, but specializing works out better. Imagine a goofy looking person trying to get by on their looks.. it wouldn't work. People become the way they are through experience, learning what works and what doesnt.
So anyway, and this is goin back to my very first blog, human personality is a game of rock-paper-scissors. In any given interaction, one person loses and one wins. I'll leave it up to someone else to go to the bar with a chart and log which type beats which.
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