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7 Persistent Myths about Introverts & Extroverts
Myths and misunderstandings about both introverts and extroverts abound. Introverts don’t like people. Extroverts are shallow. Introverts are snobby. Extroverts are awful listeners.
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How introverts can be annoying
We're not superior to extroverts, we're just differently irritating.
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Chris Hadfield: DNews Person Of The Year
Colonel Chris Hadfield is a man of firsts. He was the first Canadian to carry out a spacewalk, the first Canadian to command the International Space Station and the first person in history to record a produced music video in space. Because of his unique ability to captivate the world, bringing a focus on space station science and what it’s like to live in space, Discovery News is proud to announce that Hadfield has been selected as the first DNews Person of the Year!
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Uruguay's president José Mujica: no palace, no motorcade, no frills
If anyone could claim to be leading by example in an age of austerity, it is José Mujica, Uruguay's president, who has forsworn a state palace in favour of a farmhouse, donates the vast bulk of his salary to social projects, flies economy class and drives an old Volkswagen Beetle.
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Heidegger in France: Nazism and philosophy
One of the distinctive features of French intellectual life in the post-war period has been the influence of the German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976). Heidegger’s standing among French philosophers, especially those working in the phenomenological tradition, contrasts dramatically with his reputation in the country of his birth, where his legacy is tainted irredeemably by his political compromises with National Socialism in the 1930s.
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South Africa buries 'greatest son' Mandela
South Africa buried Nelson Mandela on Sunday, leaving the multi-racial democracy he founded without its living inspiration and still striving for the "Rainbow Nation" ideal of shared prosperity he had dreamed of.
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A Radical Pope’s First Year
On most Wednesdays, the Pope gives a general audience, and this one was packed. It was a balmy October morning, and more than a hundred thousand pilgrims, tourists, and Romans had funnelled into St. Peter’s Square. It was the first of three large gatherings Pope Francis presided over that week for a celebration of the family during the Catholic Church’s “Year of Faith.”
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The Pope Francis phenomenon
Earlier this month, he was named Person of the Year by Time magazine, with the publication saying the Pope had pulled "the papacy out of the palace and into the streets". It has been an extraordinary year for the Catholic Church under the leadership of Pope Francis. In just nine months since taking over from Pope Benedict he has vigorously set about modernising the Church. Paul Vallely, biographer of Pope Francis, has been to Rome for BBC Newsnight to look at the Francis phenomenon.
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The Man Behind Justin Bieber
When Jon M. Chu first got on Justin Bieber's tour bus in 2010, he was just a promising director who cut his teeth on two Step Up films and a Hulu-exclusive dance series called The LXD. But then Bieber happened, and Chu became something a little more than a director.
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Meet the man who counterfeits the world's most famous diamonds — legally
The best diamonds in the world contain mysteries. And years ago, John Hatleberg was unlocking the mystery of one of the best.
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What Happens When the President Sits Down Next to You at a Cafe
I learned that even Obama knows young people don't use Facebook anymore.
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Aaron Swartz: a beautiful mind
Computer genius and online activist Aaron Swartz wanted to change the world - one download at a time. Then the US government decided enough was enough, with tragic consequences. By Paul McGeough.
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Are You a Creative or an Analytical Person ?
Are you a creative or an analytical person ? Find that out with this simple exercise in just 5 seconds...
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John McAfee In Crazytown
“The press has portrayed me alternately as a mad genius or a mad psychotic genius,” began the infamous John McAfee, speaking at Def Con–and why break that streak now? I must admit: when he’s crazy, he’s crazy like a fox. Ultimately, though, as insane and riveting as his tale is, what’s most interesting to me is the way he has weirdly come to symbolize his audience.
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Can a robot be too nice?
Smart machines need the right “personality” to work well—and experts are finding the best choice may not always be what we think we want
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Internet Trolls Are Narcissists, Psychopaths, and Sadists
A new study shows that internet trolls really are just terrible human beings.
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How neurotic are you? one-minute personality test (2/5)
Discover the second of second five components of your personality with this one-minute test.
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The Myers-Briggs Personality Test Is Bunk But I Don’t Care
The Myers-Brigg Type Indicator personality test may be reductive and inconsistent, but I still love it.
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Having fewer friends is better for you – and that’s great news for introverts like me
Science has finally proved that spending your Friday night in the company of your cat is good for you. Happiness is determined by the quality - not the quantity - of friendships you have in your thirties, according to a new study published in the American journal Psychology and Aging. This is good to hear for introverts who, like me, typically have fewer friends that they’re very close to.
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Why Introverts Make Great Entrepreneurs
Imagine a typical entrepreneur. A quiet, reserved introvert is probably not what first came to mind. Aren’t entrepreneurs supposed to be gregarious and commanding—verbally adept and able to inspire employees, clients and investors with the sheer force of their personality? No wonder the advice for introverts who want to be entrepreneurs has long been some form of: “Be more extroverted.”
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