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the only trait that predicts whether you'll change your mind or die on a hill
means The quality of being receptive to new ideas, experiences, and people — and willing to share or reveal freely rather than guard and conceal.
from Built from the Old English 'open,' which traces back to Proto-Germanic roots tied to the idea of being 'up' or 'raised' — think of a lid lifted, a door swung wide. The '-ness' suffix is the ancient English machine for turning a quality into a thing: open becomes openness, the state of being open. The psychological sense — one of the famous 'Big Five' personality traits — is a modern academic borrowing of this very old, very physical word.
- big five
- One of psychology's five core personality dimensions
- brain wiring
- Linked to richer connections between distant brain regions
- dopamine
- Tied to the same system driving curiosity and reward
- creativity
- Strongest personality predictor of artistic achievement
- fixed-ish
- Often peaks in young adulthood, then slowly declines
radical transparency movement — buffer and other startups publishing salaries, equity, and financials publicly since 2013
open access publishing — arxiv preprints allowing physicists to share research freely before peer review since 1991
freedom of information act — us law requiring government agencies to disclose documents to public requests since 1966