/It’s absurd to think that we evolve to get better to play cricket or programming computers or painting paintings. These are cultural artifacts. They are not genetic trades. One of the many challenges that I have with the Meyer Briggs personality test is not that people don’t have personalities. Of course, we do. It’s not that some people are born with a certain inclination towards one sort of behavior or another. Of course, we are. It’s that they are horoscopes. It’s like culture creates such a wide variety of personalities that are suitable for various jobs that it’s absurd to look at few letters on the alphabet and assume that they tell you if you should be an insurance buster or a volunteer fireman.
