Scott Barry Kaufman

But being a highly sensitive person is the combination of two traits, neuroticism that we talked a little bit about, which is being fearful, having a lot of anxiety, but also people who are highly sensitive also score very high in openness to experience. appreciation of beauty and excellence.

And what you often find is that they're so open to so much input in the world that they get overwhelmed quickly and then they need to retreat. So there's a constant push and pull between a full engagement in the world and all of its splendor and an avoidance Because one becomes overwhelmed with all the input that's coming in. That's really all it means. Some people make more of it than it is.

And what you often find is that they're so open to so much input in the world that they get overwhelmed quickly and then they need to retreat. So there's a constant push and pull between a full engagement in the world and all of its splendor and an avoidance Because one becomes overwhelmed with all the input that's coming in. That's really all it means. Some people make more of it than it is.

And what you often find is that they're so open to so much input in the world that they get overwhelmed quickly and then they need to retreat. So there's a constant push and pull between a full engagement in the world and all of its splendor and an avoidance Because one becomes overwhelmed with all the input that's coming in. That's really all it means. Some people make more of it than it is.

I saw an interview with Kanye West where he said he's very misunderstood. He's really just a highly sensitive introvert. And then I made the argument, it's actually possible to be a highly sensitive asshole. There's no contradiction in that.

I saw an interview with Kanye West where he said he's very misunderstood. He's really just a highly sensitive introvert. And then I made the argument, it's actually possible to be a highly sensitive asshole. There's no contradiction in that.

I saw an interview with Kanye West where he said he's very misunderstood. He's really just a highly sensitive introvert. And then I made the argument, it's actually possible to be a highly sensitive asshole. There's no contradiction in that.

Yeah, I'm really glad you asked that question because I think a lot of people can view these things as negatives. But contextually speaking, it is very conducive to creativity to be able to see the nuances in things, to be able to have such an open mind where you're able to make connections between things that most people aren't seeing.

Yeah, I'm really glad you asked that question because I think a lot of people can view these things as negatives. But contextually speaking, it is very conducive to creativity to be able to see the nuances in things, to be able to have such an open mind where you're able to make connections between things that most people aren't seeing.

Yeah, I'm really glad you asked that question because I think a lot of people can view these things as negatives. But contextually speaking, it is very conducive to creativity to be able to see the nuances in things, to be able to have such an open mind where you're able to make connections between things that most people aren't seeing.

A big part of my PhD dissertation was investigating the trait reduced latent inhibition and its correlation with creative thinking. People who have a reduced latent inhibition, I actually did this research with Jordan Peterson, believe it or not, back before he was famous. We published papers on this.

A big part of my PhD dissertation was investigating the trait reduced latent inhibition and its correlation with creative thinking. People who have a reduced latent inhibition, I actually did this research with Jordan Peterson, believe it or not, back before he was famous. We published papers on this.

A big part of my PhD dissertation was investigating the trait reduced latent inhibition and its correlation with creative thinking. People who have a reduced latent inhibition, I actually did this research with Jordan Peterson, believe it or not, back before he was famous. We published papers on this.

But a reduced latent inhibition means that your filter is down where you don't see things as necessarily irrelevant to the current goal that you have. So there are people who, when they have a goal, they're so narrow-minded and single-focused about it that they ignore everything else around them that doesn't seem obviously relevant to their goal.

But a reduced latent inhibition means that your filter is down where you don't see things as necessarily irrelevant to the current goal that you have. So there are people who, when they have a goal, they're so narrow-minded and single-focused about it that they ignore everything else around them that doesn't seem obviously relevant to their goal.

But a reduced latent inhibition means that your filter is down where you don't see things as necessarily irrelevant to the current goal that you have. So there are people who, when they have a goal, they're so narrow-minded and single-focused about it that they ignore everything else around them that doesn't seem obviously relevant to their goal.

But we found that really creative people, especially in the arts, and actually the paper I published, Jordan, looks at the difference between scientific creativity and artistic creativity. We found that people, particularly in the arts, have this reduced latent inhibition where they actually at an unconscious level let in a lot more information than

But we found that really creative people, especially in the arts, and actually the paper I published, Jordan, looks at the difference between scientific creativity and artistic creativity. We found that people, particularly in the arts, have this reduced latent inhibition where they actually at an unconscious level let in a lot more information than

But we found that really creative people, especially in the arts, and actually the paper I published, Jordan, looks at the difference between scientific creativity and artistic creativity. We found that people, particularly in the arts, have this reduced latent inhibition where they actually at an unconscious level let in a lot more information than

Um, then that, that, uh, they're for some reason they're, they're, they're, they're a salience brain network is not tagging this incoming input as irrelevant. So they, they're, they're able to entertain it. And they also have the working memory capacity to entertain it.