The Four Quadrants of Conformism
BlogPaul GrahamJun 14, 2020
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People split on two axes: conformist vs. independent-minded, and aggressive vs. passive. The aggressive conformists police orthodoxy. The passive independents quietly think for themselves. Aggressive independents change the world but get hurt doing it. Where you sit determines your role.
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July 2020 One of the most revealing ways to classify people is by the degree and aggressiveness of their conformism. Imagine a Cartesian coordinate system whose horizontal axis runs from conventional-minded on the left to independent-minded on the right, and whose vertical axis runs from passive at…
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