Book Elaborations: TeSi Logistical Ethicist

I believe this is a follow-up to the observations on TeSi I made in my early drafts, of which a paragraph was entitled "the loud-mouth humanitarian". A full update would be more than welcome, but in the meantime, here are some ideas.

Our suggestions, along with my extended experience, bear out the hypothesis that there is a lot of variation in emotional volatility among polarized TeSi. Some will erupt at the slightest provocation, while others will stay deliberate and level-headed. In either case, they seem able to externalize their tension through speech, in keeping with their predilection as articulators. Oftentimes, the most demonstrative will favor the speed and quantity of delivery, while the most circumspect will favor the more logical, calculated aspect.

Yet, one would be hard-pressed to conclude on the weight of emotional investment, especially when factoring the distinct process of Fi. Even though it is concerned with a moral criteria, and thus dedicated to the breakdown of emotions, the reactive nature of this judgement requires from the individual to take some distance from its own experience, and ponder it with fairness. Hence, the withdrawn, mellow demeanor of most Fi-lead. By contrast, the proactive nature of Te is prompting the individual to keep getting forward, on behalf on its initial motivation. One can thus assume that individuals who are the most energetic, "single-minded" so to say, are in fact less polarized, less versatile in their use of Fi, and that it takes a good balance of both poles to produce the most "thoughtful" answer.

Consequently, one thing I would like to investigate, preferably with the help of witnesses, is the phenomenon of emotional build up. To produce a dispassionate outcome, it is implied that the Te process has to neutralize the emotional content. From the OP, we can see that logic and facts can even become a part of the ethos (or persona). However, as was stated in the book (p102), to set off the motion, the Te process has to stay in touch with an initial emotion, or at least instinct. Since a proactive process is sustaining, if not expanding its energy, while the demand for articulation, impartiality, presumably stays the same, it means that the channel can become more and more pressuring.

Naturally, one thing which can result from this emotional urgency, is the temptation of overthrowing the power structure. Depending on its level of frustration, and self-control, an individual will bend the rules, which it sometimes explicitly supports and constrain itself to follow. From the most subtle to the most unprepared, it will manifest through the shifty inclusion of sophism, sarcasm, authority or even violence in the debate, with a natural penchant for loudness. Sometimes, it also seems that the self-referential nature of Fi makes the matter personal, to the point where it meddles with responsibility. In other words, the interlocutor has to answer the individual instead of the thematic, and contradiction is felt as disloyalty.

Of course, this phenomenon is not confined to TeSi, as every people, introverted included, can build energy from its emotions or proactive processes, and take offence. On the other hand, both the energetic and functional quadrants of this type offer less opportunities for mitigation, in a similar disposition as the TeNi. Highly polarized individuals are able to install a healthy rhythm of recessive pauses, which suggests a potential divide between two or more classes of "logical ethicists", between Rebecca Watson and Daniel Balavoine, based on the proportion of the axis. Not to forgot that, like adaptive or directive Fe, most people will use different modes depending on the circumstances.

Auburn: I was quite literally just debating whether or not to submit her for typing! I also concluded TeSi, though her eyes make it a difficult one to say with absolute certainty. Just a quick note though: she doesn't own Rebel Media (that's a guy called Ezra Levant), and she actually just announced that she'd be leaving them to fly solo.