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0 pointsjader2015y ago0 comments

> + lots and lots of intense social interactions with family and close friends.

As an introvert, I find “lots and lots of intense social interactions” draining (by definition).

Granted, I do enjoy hanging out with friends and family, but often feel drained a bit afterwards.

Of course, I’m not advocating being a loner. I wouldn’t like that either.

My main point is, I wonder if extroverts — or those that are energized from intense social interactions — are more destined to be happy vs. introverts.

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dukeyukey5y ago

> I wonder if extroverts — or those that are energized from intense social interactions — are more destined to be happy vs. introverts.

Sadly for introverts, that seems to be the case.

Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/quiet-disadvantag...

oblio5y ago

> My main point is, I wonder if extroverts — or those that are energized from intense social interactions — are more destined to be happy vs. introverts.

I don't know. I'll actually extend your question to its extreme:

Does anyone know what the evolutionary advantage of being an introverted individual in a very social species is?

inawarminister5y ago

I expect introverted individuals playing on their own in the wilds (or "hunting") are nature's answers for societal insurance. If some catastrophes strike at the tribes/HG bands' main encampments, some cultural memory and genetic diversity persist for the next band to reclaim that site.

After all, humanity natural niche is persistence hunting and gathering-scavenging.

And of course, hunting itself took a long time to do, especially if you are doing persistence hunting with primitive tools and maybe fire. A long time to be lonely and tolerating it.

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