Social Human
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A Social Human is a human who is a social animal.
- Context:
- They can (typically) have the ability to Understand People (have theory of mind) and inspire people.
- They can (typically) have the ability to ability to Read Situations and discern the underlying patterns.
- They can (typically) have the ability to ability to build Trusting Relationships
- They can (typically) have the ability to ability to recognize and correct their shortcomings.
- They can (typically) have the ability to ability to imagine alternate futures.
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Hermit Human.
- a Social Chimpanzee.
- a Social Machine.
- See: Rational Human.
References
2011
- David Brooks. (2011). "Social Animal: How the new sciences of human nature can help make sense of a life." In: The New Yorker, January 17, 2011.
- QUOTE: Intelligence, academic performance, and prestigious schools don’t correlate well with fulfillment, or even with outstanding accomplishment. The traits that do make a difference are poorly understood, and can’t be taught in a classroom, no matter what the tuition: the ability to understand and inspire people; to read situations and discern the underlying patterns; to build trusting relationships; to recognize and correct one’s shortcomings; to imagine alternate futures. In short, these achievers have a sense that they are shallower than they need to be. ...
... The cognitive revolution of the past thirty years provides a different perspective on our lives, one that emphasizes the relative importance of emotion over pure reason, social connections over individual choice, moral intuition over abstract logic, perceptiveness over I.Q.
- QUOTE: Intelligence, academic performance, and prestigious schools don’t correlate well with fulfillment, or even with outstanding accomplishment. The traits that do make a difference are poorly understood, and can’t be taught in a classroom, no matter what the tuition: the ability to understand and inspire people; to read situations and discern the underlying patterns; to build trusting relationships; to recognize and correct one’s shortcomings; to imagine alternate futures. In short, these achievers have a sense that they are shallower than they need to be. ...