Introvert: The term is loaded with negative connotations, but I will use it, because it is the word most used in the common sphere. An introvert is not someone who just needs to 'get out more' and 'learn to not be so shy' but a person with a separate philosophy of life from the noisy majority. Introverts are not just people who are shy or talk less. They are an altogether different culture with different values. Many of the books and websites about introversion are about how not to be introverted, as if all our natural proclivities were some kind of disease. As an expression of human desire,...