Gifts differing
by Isabel Briggs Myers · first published 1980
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From the back cover: Distilled in these pages are the insights gleaned during a lifetime of sensitive and loving observation of people and how their behavior reflects their psychological type as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Myers believes passionately that each of the 16 types has its own strengths and that understanding and using these can lead to fulfillment. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or MBTI is one of the most popular methods for describing personality. The model divides people into personality preferences on four measures: introversion-extraversion, intuitive-sen
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You should probably read Myers-Briggs' book Gifts Differing, they do say it over and over again that traits are preferences.
on “In Defense of Myers Briggs (2020)” ↗Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type by Isabel Briggs Myers was interesting to gain a better understanding of the Myers Briggs types. Curing Cancer with Immunotherapy by Rene Chee and Edward Chee was interesting…
on “Ask HN: What are some interesting books you read in 2017?” ↗…will naturally develop toward the other over time, from a developmental perspective. I think Isabel Briggs-Meyers had her own view of the first four functions' order, which you can read in her book "Gifts Differing". This would also yield a different type of opposite.
on “A review of correlations between big five personality types and life outcomes” ↗…and I do have some cloudy optimism about getting a lot of money and satisfaction in a couple years to help clean up or rework the garbage-deluge. Your other comment about extroversion makes me think of Gifts Differing (not the best book in the universe, but some good bits especially around intro/extroversion). I just want to hit flow state and smash my head into a problem that costs me sleep and come out on top bloodied…
on “My AI skeptic friends are all nuts” ↗