1) I wonder if Lonely Dissent is relevant here—people who are more open will sometimes use their openness to gain status in the (smaller) community of open people, lowering their status in the (larger) community of less open people in the process. That would certainly explain a lot of contrarian behavior.
2) The introduction of Spent is fascinatingly Hansonian. Thanks for the link!
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1) I wonder if Lonely Dissent is relevant here—people who are more open will sometimes use their openness to gain status in the (smaller) community of open people, lowering their status in the (larger) community of less open people in the process. That would certainly explain a lot of contrarian behavior.
2) The introduction of Spent is fascinatingly Hansonian. Thanks for the link!