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The Personality Traits That Put You At Risk For Smartphone Addiction (washingtonpost.com)
Zorro shares a report from The Washington Post: When the Trump-affiliated firm Cambridge Analytica obtained data on tens of millions of Facebook users, it used the "Big 5" or "Five Factor Model" personality test to target them with ads designed to influence their votes in the 2016 election. The test scores people on five traits -- openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism -- and was used in the election to predict the way a voter would respond to an advertisement. But the Big 5 can predict a lot more -- including how likely you are to even use Facebook or any other social media (Warning: source may be paywalled; alternative source).
That's because the way you score on the test can tell you how likely you are to become addicted to your screen. Research shows that people who score high on neuroticism, low on conscientiousness, and low on agreeableness are more likely to become addicted to social media, video games, instant messaging, or other online stimuli. Studies have also found that extraverts are more likely to become addicted to cellphone use than introverts. Some of the correlations make sense. Less agreeable people may be more apt to immerse themselves in technology because it does not require the kind of friendly interactions that real life does. Neurotic people have been shown to spend more time online because it validates their desire to belong or be part of a group. Conscientious people are less impulsive and therefore more able to control and organize their time. But then it gets complicated. Because according to a new study out of the State University of New York at Binghamton, specific combinations of those personality traits can mitigate or exaggerate one's propensity to addiction.
That's because the way you score on the test can tell you how likely you are to become addicted to your screen. Research shows that people who score high on neuroticism, low on conscientiousness, and low on agreeableness are more likely to become addicted to social media, video games, instant messaging, or other online stimuli. Studies have also found that extraverts are more likely to become addicted to cellphone use than introverts. Some of the correlations make sense. Less agreeable people may be more apt to immerse themselves in technology because it does not require the kind of friendly interactions that real life does. Neurotic people have been shown to spend more time online because it validates their desire to belong or be part of a group. Conscientious people are less impulsive and therefore more able to control and organize their time. But then it gets complicated. Because according to a new study out of the State University of New York at Binghamton, specific combinations of those personality traits can mitigate or exaggerate one's propensity to addiction.
If you buy that load of BS, I have some oceanfront property in Kansas you might like.
It's more like - people with good or bad traits saw Hillary for what she really was and voted for the lesser of two evils. Few people really like Trump, but they were willing to give him a chance. They knew FOR SURE what they'd get with Hillary and rejected her.
It's more like - people with good or bad traits saw Hillary for what she really was and voted for the lesser of two evils.
The years-long interrogations and insinuations by Republicans -- resulting in no actionable charges of any wrongdoing -- that Hillary was corrupt and evil didn't help peoples' perceptions of her. And *regardless* of how one might think about that and her, objectively she was -- by far -- the more qualified candidate for the office of President. Trump has pulled a lot of shady stuff during his business career and I would wager that Trump has told more lies during his candidacy and time as President than Hillary has told throughout her entire life -- or they both may be a tie :-) Sure they both have a LOT of baggage, but Trump is a dumpster fire of a person with no moral compass, and I don't know if he's really the "lesser of two evils". But, more to your point, and from a purely practical standpoint, the Democrats would have fared much better pushing a candidate other than Hillary through to the end.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .