"Of course that raises the question of whether the introverts really _can_ care about anyone other than themselves."
Some introverts seek strong connections to tight network of friends (a preference for actual similarity or well-understood differences), some might look at others fearfully and be concerned with predictability or loyalty, others don't like tribes and object to the behavior of finding common subspaces of similarity, others want to negotiate principles or third parties that govern how, why, and when people interact. There are lots of ways to have the property of being an introvert just as there are lots of ways to be an extrovert. Marcus ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove