Why are extroverts considered superior? || Acharya Prashant, at AIIMS Nagpur (2022)

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00:00Good evening, sir. So, my question is very general and it's not about like women and

00:09men. It's just on the basis of my observation. So, my questions stand out for the introverts

00:16in the house, like what I had observed in my friend circle at college and basically

00:23in the society, like the introvert is always pulled towards being the extrovert in nature.

00:30Like what we had seen in the videos, books and the podcasts, like how to make friends,

00:36how to win people heart and how to be an extrovert. So, why the extrovertedness given like considered

00:44so much superior and the introvertedness is not considered appreciable in the society.

00:52So, is there any specific thing regarding like the extroverts would be only going to be successful

00:57and more superior than the introverts, whether if the person is very comfortable at his own

01:02comfort zone and being an introvert? There is a very clear reason why the society favours

01:10extroversion rather than introversion. It's a very, very specific reason and this is a trend

01:17only over the last two centuries. It's not as if mankind has always been like this. I'll tell you,

01:25introversion is dangerous for capitalist consumerism because if you are with yourself

01:35most of the times and you start enjoying your own company most of the times, why will you spend a

01:42lot of money in the market? And if you are to be forced to spend a lot of money in the market,

01:50then it is necessary that introversion be shown down and shamed. Who is an extrovert? Generally,

02:02extroverts are the ones who have very little tendency to look at themselves. When you look

02:12at yourself, you realise, what is it that you really want? Then you cannot be a blind consumer

02:19of the society's markets. When you are an extrovert, what is it that happens? I'm with five people,

02:28I'm hanging out with them, talking to them and because I'm not looking at myself, my gaze is

02:34always directed towards the outside. Therefore, I will feel a certain incompleteness without ever

02:43knowing what is the incompleteness that I feel and since I'm always looking outwards, so I'll go to

02:51all the things that appear on the outside and try to use them to fill the incompleteness within.

02:58This is extroversion.

03:00That incompleteness, that void that we all feel is a real void and it demands real treatment

03:12but its treatment is an inward glance. You continue looking at this void that we all feel

03:22that we all feel within and that is the only cure you can provide it.

03:29However, when you have a great tendency to never look at yourself but keep looking at others,

03:36then what is it that this void makes you do?

03:40This void says, I exist and my solution lies in the world's markets. You become a good consumer.

03:49You become the stuff that markets love.

03:53All the producers in the world want people who have money and who are blind.

04:00In Hindi, we call it, Aag ke andhe, gaat ke poore. A lot of money with no discretion.

04:06That's the kind of person that the markets love.

04:09Are you getting it? Five of you walk into a showroom and if the salesman is smart,

04:18he will quickly point out which of you is the most stupid one and it is that person

04:28that the salesman will attack because this person can be made a fool of and this person can be used

04:35because this person can be made a fool of and this person can be used to sell your goods.

04:43And if an introvert walks into

04:48a showroom with four of his friends and what is the introvert doing? He's silent.

04:53He's inward. The salesman will show no interest in this introvert person. I'm exaggerating

05:01but do get the idea. The salesman will show very little interest in the introvert because

05:09this introvert is very difficult to fool or rather comparatively difficult to fool.

05:18That's why the entire media is full of characters that glorify extroversion.

05:25Look at all the so-called heroes in your movies. Where do you find introverts?

05:32The more noisy the person is, the more fit he is to be a hero.

05:37The more stupid a person is, the more successful he will be as a heroic character.

05:43All the loafers, they are super hits as heroes. I'm talking of both the actor and the character.

05:56That's what they want you to buy into. They are not showing you just a movie. They are showing

06:02you a way of life. They are selling you a philosophy and it's a very toxic philosophy.

06:08Be very mindful.

06:15It is not just rupees 300 that they want from you. They don't want you to buy just

06:24the movie ticket. They are not satisfied with rupees 300. They want your entire life.

06:29They are not satisfied with rupees 300. They want your entire life.

06:35This is one. It is a complete nexus.

06:41The movie is not separate from the superstore or the shopping mall.

06:50What is it that your movies glorify? Don't you pay attention? Reckless consumption.

06:55Especially since the last 20 years and it's no coincidence that the Indian economy got

07:01liberalized in 1991 and the very flavor of your movies changed. The very flavor of all media,

07:07including television, changed. The hero is more often an NRI now with a lot of money.

07:17When was the last time you had a poor man playing the hero? When was the last time you had a rich

07:25man playing the hero? When was the last time you had an ordinary looking woman playing the heroine?

07:36They are selling a life philosophy to you and it's a very dangerous philosophy. It will destroy you.

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