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<blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9307630" data-attributes="member: 6799660"><p>I'd agree. There's less self-selection into the social categories of old, but there are real personality types. There are computer, math, and hard-science people that are shy or introverted*. I think that will always be the case because those qualities don't strongly inhibit the exploration of those interests; nor does the exploration of the interest specifically work to address those traits. Likewise, an interest in theater or performance probably will be associated with extroversion, because it either appeals to people with such traits naturally, or necessitates a certain amount of learned** extroversion to continue far into the interest. Those social categories still exist, even if they do not stay static.</p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">*among others who are not.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">**any number of comedians supposedly got their start as a reaction to being a shy, insecure person.</span></p><p></p><p>What I think has changed are: 1) as you mention, greater social acceptance of girls in tech and hard science; and 2) the decupling of nerdy pastimes from the hard sci/math crowd. Everyone watches super-hero movies. Peter Jackson LotR was a mainstream success. As you say, everyone is on computers. Heck, Harry Potter. This was starting to happen in the 80s (Star Wars and Atari/Nintendo, and such), but it has really accelerated in the new century.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Willie the Duck, post: 9307630, member: 6799660"] I'd agree. There's less self-selection into the social categories of old, but there are real personality types. There are computer, math, and hard-science people that are shy or introverted*. I think that will always be the case because those qualities don't strongly inhibit the exploration of those interests; nor does the exploration of the interest specifically work to address those traits. Likewise, an interest in theater or performance probably will be associated with extroversion, because it either appeals to people with such traits naturally, or necessitates a certain amount of learned** extroversion to continue far into the interest. Those social categories still exist, even if they do not stay static. [SIZE=2]*among others who are not. **any number of comedians supposedly got their start as a reaction to being a shy, insecure person.[/SIZE] What I think has changed are: 1) as you mention, greater social acceptance of girls in tech and hard science; and 2) the decupling of nerdy pastimes from the hard sci/math crowd. Everyone watches super-hero movies. Peter Jackson LotR was a mainstream success. As you say, everyone is on computers. Heck, Harry Potter. This was starting to happen in the 80s (Star Wars and Atari/Nintendo, and such), but it has really accelerated in the new century. [/QUOTE]
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