As an introvert, I wouldn't say this is a rebuttal of extroversion or an appraisal of introversion. The point of article is that the quality of a friendship trumps the number of friendships a person has, and that makes sense. However, there are people (both extroverts and introverts) who are able to cultivate larger numbers of high-quality friendships -- and if you want to try to argue this mathematically, then perhaps the "average" quality is lower than that of someone with a very small, close-knit friend circle...but that's not the point.
I think extroversion vs. introversion is less a measure of the ability to form meaningful friendships than it is a question of whether a person is comfortable with more or less people (full stop) around. An extrovert could enjoy being in crowds of unknown people, but still have just a close-knit circle of friends. Just my two cents.
As an introvert, I wouldn't say this is a rebuttal of extroversion or an appraisal of introversion. The point of article is that the quality of a friendship trumps the number of friendships a person has, and that makes sense. However, there are people (both extroverts and introverts) who are able to cultivate larger numbers of high-quality friendships -- and if you want to try to argue this mathematically, then perhaps the "average" quality is lower than that of someone with a very small, close-knit friend circle...but that's not the point.
I think extroversion vs. introversion is less a measure of the ability to form meaningful friendships than it is a question of whether a person is comfortable with more or less people (full stop) around. An extrovert could enjoy being in crowds of unknown people, but still have just a close-knit circle of friends. Just my two cents.