quiet-the-power-of-introverts-in-a-world-that-cant-stop-talking-susan-cain

Don’t do that, because it’s dangerous,
makes no sense, and is not in your best
interests, or those of your family, or of
society.”
So where was Alan’s neocortex when
he was chasing stock market gains?
The old brain and the new brain do
work together, but not always efficiently.
Sometimes they’re actually in
conflict, and then our decisions are a
function of which one is sending out
stronger signals. So when Alan’s old
brain sent its breathless messages up to
his new brain, it probably responded as
a neocortex should: it told his old brain
to slow down. It said, Watch out! But it
lost the ensuing tug-of-war.
We all have old brains, of course. But
just as the amygdala of a high-reactive
person is more sensitive than average
to novelty, so do extroverts seem to be
more susceptible than introverts to the
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