Julian's Humble Hubris

I don't think it's particularly controversial to contemplate the fact that an Introvert could exude a Warm personality type - as a matter of fact, I count a number of those among close friends!   The real issue is that the word "Introvert" is all too often overloaded (or should I say abused?), and conflated with other traits , such as "aloof", "distant", "withdrawn". And that conflation can cause disturbing ambiguity on how to interpret a self-description of "Introvert".   In particular, for example in the context of shared housing, if I were to give a slogan, I'd say that I love "Introverts" but I do rather poorly with "Very Reserved" people .  I'd better define and clarify those terms! But let me backtrack first. I'm an ambivert .  I understand, and relate to, both Introverts and Extroverts - because, heck, I'm both.  Historically, I was on the Introvert side growing up (in part due to insu...

“Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to live in it.” -Ellen Goodman That’s why I have, to a decent extent, navigated AROUND “normal” most of my life... I’ve been blessed with a deep curiosity, a sense of wonder – and a nonconformist streak – that have helped me avoid getting completely trapped in the swamp of “mainstream normal.” That applies to my dual identity as an artist and as a scientist. In my identity as an artist – well, nonconformism is a hallmark of being an artist! In my identity as a scientist – Science is about disrupting default beliefs, in fact on a Grand and profound Scale!  Think about concepts such as evolution, the firmament, spacetime: “Humanity has believed something since time immemorial… but, hey, maybe let's change it!” ...