Hey Extraverts: Enough is Enough • Hacker News Board

Re: Hey Extraverts: Enough is Enough

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Post by alanctgardner2 » Tue, Jan 08, 2013, 4:27 AM UTC

mahesh_rm wrote: post #8

This article is total overgeneralizing scientifically embarrassing bullshit. Not one single argument actually makes sense. Not even the spelling one. As a latin-cultivated person I can tell you: extrovert is THE correct spelling. Introvert, which is the opposite, comes from intra (inside) + versum (directed). It is intrOvert, as it is extrOvert. Second, there is no scientific evidence suggesting extroverts are less c…

The latin thing really got me too; the author constantly comes across as inconsiderate and elitist. He knows best, and being introverted is best. Case closed. Everything else is just him showing off how smart he is, and how he can totally do things better than people who are succeeding, but he doesn't want to because it might involve interpersonal communication.

Re: Hey Extraverts: Enough is Enough

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Post by abeppu » Tue, Jan 08, 2013, 4:29 AM UTC

rauljara wrote: post #23

"It has consistently been found that people produce more ideas when working alone as compared to when working in a group. Yet, people generally believe that group brainstorming is more effective than individual brainstorming. Further, group members are more satisfied with their performance than individuals, whereas they have generated fewer ideas." I've never judged the productivity of a group session by the number o…

I agree that really good ideas can come out of discussion and interaction with other people -- but I think this works best with 1-3 other people. With a small group, you can have a productive conversation that successfully identifies and solves the problems in an idea. But the least effective group brain-storming sessions are ones with a large number of people, and those are also the ones that are worst for introverts. With too large a group you end up with a reluctant high school English class socratic seminar.

Re: Hey Extraverts: Enough is Enough

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Post by greenyoda » Tue, Jan 08, 2013, 4:30 AM UTC

rauljara wrote: post #23

"It has consistently been found that people produce more ideas when working alone as compared to when working in a group. Yet, people generally believe that group brainstorming is more effective than individual brainstorming. Further, group members are more satisfied with their performance than individuals, whereas they have generated fewer ideas." I've never judged the productivity of a group session by the number o…

"When working with good people, we riff off each other and fill in the gaps in each other's ideas that we wouldn't have even realized were there if we were working on our own."

The kind of synergy you describe may happen when a bunch of really smart people get together, assuming that their egos don't get in the way. But, on average, meetings are attended by average people. Which means that smart people will be outnumbered (and perhaps resented).