Susan Cain, graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law and former Wall Street lawyer, published her book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking on January 24, 2012. In Quiet, Cain exposes the importance of introverts. Earlier that month, on January 13, 2015, Cain published an article entitled “The Rise of the New Groupthink.” The article is Cain’s book Quiet tremendously condensed. A month later, Judith Warner publishes a book review of Quiet entitled “Inside Intelligence.” Although there are overt differences of opinion between Cain and Warner, both authors advocate for the freedom to be an introvert. In “The Rise of the New Groupthink,” Cain exposes the significance of solitude. Cain presents and explains the benefits
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Warner draws upon her own life experiences and effectively connects them to Quiet. Warner refers to Cain’s notion, the “Extrovert [cis] Ideal — the omnipresent belief that the ideal self is gregarious, alpha and comfortable in the spotlight” as being unhealthily prevalent in society (Warner 1). “Unchecked extroversion [cis] — a personality trait Cain ties to ebullience, excitability, dominance, risk-taking, thick skin, boldness and a tendency toward quick thinking and thoughtless action,” writes Warner “has actually, she [Cain] argues, come to pose a real menace of late” (2). Warner implies that Cain believes that society’s focus upon extroversion gave rise to “the bank meltdown of 2008 as well as disasters like Enron” (2). Warner writes that Cain advocates for a healthy balance of extraversion and introversion. Following her summary, Warner begins her criticism of Quiet. Warner describes Quiet as laboriously long book without humor; it could have significantly benefited from some humor (2). Warner expresses that Cain is extremely convincing concerning children, but is a whole lot less convincing when it comes to adults. Warner also criticizes Cain’s expanding definition of introversion. Cain’s definition is extremely narrow at the opening of her book and it slowly becomes an extremely broad definition. By the end of the book Cain’s definition of introversion is anyone who is “reflective,
Warner draws upon her own life experiences and effectively connects them to Quiet. Warner refers to Cain’s notion, the “Extrovert [cis] Ideal — the omnipresent belief that the ideal self is gregarious, alpha and comfortable in the spotlight” as being unhealthily prevalent in society (Warner 1). “Unchecked extroversion [cis] — a personality trait Cain ties to ebullience, excitability, dominance, risk-taking, thick skin, boldness and a tendency toward quick thinking and thoughtless action,” writes Warner “has actually, she [Cain] argues, come to pose a real menace of late” (2). Warner implies that Cain believes that society’s focus upon extroversion gave rise to “the bank meltdown of 2008 as well as disasters like Enron” (2). Warner writes that Cain advocates for a healthy balance of extraversion and introversion. Following her summary, Warner begins her criticism of Quiet. Warner describes Quiet as laboriously long book without humor; it could have significantly benefited from some humor (2). Warner expresses that Cain is extremely convincing concerning children, but is a whole lot less convincing when it comes to adults. Warner also criticizes Cain’s expanding definition of introversion. Cain’s definition is extremely narrow at the opening of her book and it slowly becomes an extremely broad definition. By the end of the book Cain’s definition of introversion is anyone who is “reflective,