The header isn't actually at odds with the actual content, although there is reason to take issue with the content (at least as represented in the linked article, which is not the original publication).
There is a common but entirely inaccurate perspective that "introspection" is somehow associated with loneliness and dysfunction. The degree to which people prefer being alone in the company of their thoughts vs being gregarious in the company of others is what we call introversion vs extroversion. We all fall somewhere along an introversion/extroversion continuum, although there is a fair bit of evidence that the distribution is bi-modal, not a normal distribution (the mid-point is not the the top of the curve). My own observation is that many serious hobbyists (growing plants, building model trains, furniture making, collecting music) are very comfortable working on their passionate interests alone. Extroverts prefer the company of others, in small groups or large. Both types are less comfortable in the opposite milieu. So it's extroverts who get lonely when alone, deprived of their social milieu. And its introverts who can be anxious and uncomfortable at the party or the dance club. Neither type is better or worse. We all can function well in, and enjoy, our non-preferred world from time. The plant grower or the music hobbyist likes to get together with similar-minded people, to share ideas and experience and plants and music. The inveterate party-grower can enjoy a quiet Sunday morning reading the newspaper over coffee and and listening to the music they heard last night at the club. So the article content is not surprising, neither its findings about the characteristics of serious hobbyists nor its negative and spurious take on these. The whole disparagement-of-introverts thing is a common cultural meme, but not one that has any real validity. Except for extroverts who so actively fear solitude. R. LMS on a dedicated server (FitPC3) Transporter (Ethernet) - main listening, Onkyo receiver, Paradigm speakers Touch (WiFi) - home theater 5.1, Sony receiver, Energy speakers Boom 1 (WiFi) - work-space Boom 2 (WiFi) - various (deck, garage, etc.) Radio (WiFi) - home office Control - Squeeze Control (Android mobile), 2 Controllers (seldom used), Squeeze Remote (on Surface Pro 2) Touch x 1 - spare UE Radio x 1 - spare Boom x 1 - spare Controller x 1 - Spare Duet Receiver (backup) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RonM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105982 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
