Re:Twitter Will Allow Employees to Work at Home Forever
by linuxftw on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @08:02PM
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> We like people with shared values and hobbies and opinions on important topics.
This is probably the crux of making someone likeable or not.
> If we assume that diversity of thought is a good thing
I don't really care what other people think.
> Seeing things from the perspective of folks different from us is the personal growth GP was talking about.
When did everyone start earning these self-help merit badges for themselves?
There's a very strong correlation between how much we like someone and how similar they are to us. We like people with shared values and hobbies and opinions on important topics. Our friend group has a tendency towards homogeneity unless we actively try to avoid it.
If we assume that diversity of thought is a good thing, being forced into situations where you can't choose the people who will surround you (school, college, workplace) is probably a good thing. Seeing things from the perspective of folks different from us is the personal growth GP was talking about.