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WEIRD Individuals

WEIRD Individuals

Weird people are psychologically peculiar. Highly individualistic, self-obsessed, control-oriented, nonconformist, and analytical. They focus on themselves - over their social roles.

  1. They aim to be “themselves” across contexts and see inconsistencies in others as hypocrisy.
  2. They are less willing to conform to others when this conflicts with their own beliefs.
  3. They see themselves as unique beings, not as nodes in a social network.
  4. When reasoning, they tend to look for universal categories and rules with which to organize the world.
  5. Through self-regulation, they can defer gratification 

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Life-long learner. Passionate about leadership, entrepreneurship, philosophy, Buddhism & SF. Founder @deepstash.

WEIRD means Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic. An acronym to describe the characteristics of modern civilisations.

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