A blog devoted to the actors and public policy issues involved in the 1998 District of Columbia Court of Appeals decision in Freedman v. D.C. Department of Human Rights, an employment discrimination case.
Friday, June 08, 2012
The Expert in Expert Opinions -- The Formative Years
Could David Callet and I have been friends in college? Not bloody likely. You see, I am a MacKinnon Type I (it's part of my psychopathology) and David Callet is probably a Type III (he was a frat member):
MacKinnon gathered personality data on architects. The data clustered into three personality types: (I) the artist (creative), (II) neurotic (conflicted; artiste manque), and (III) the average (adapted). (Architects were chosen because they combine art with science, business, even psychology). His research found significant differences among the three groups.
Group I scored highest, in MacKinnon's analysis, on aggression, autonomy (independence), psychological complexity and richness, and ego strength (will); their goal was found to be "some inner artistic standard of excellence."
Group II scored intermediate on independence, close to (I) on richness, and highest on anxiety; their goal was "efficient execution."
Group III scored highest on abasement, affiliation, and deference (socialization); their goal was to meet the standard of the group.
At Akin Gump I never stood a chance with David Callet. He probably placed a lot of emphasis on my social isolation at the firm and my seeming oddness as signs that I was a little screwy. That evaluation would simply have been an externalization of David Callet's emphasis on socialization and affiliation. Hence, his apparent reaction of disdain to my self-analysis (The Caliban Complex):
In mid-June 1988 David Callet said to me: "I notice you seem to work very hard."
I am an inner-directed person. I do what I do because of my inner standards.
David Callet, as a Type III, is outer-directed -- hence his perception that I worked hard to impress others.
In fact, I couldn't care less about impressing others -- or being embarrassed by others. I do what I feel is right and in accord with my inner standards.
David Callet is the dude in the center.
ReplyDeleteNice smile, David!
Penn State -- 1970
ReplyDeleteI graduated Penn State in 1975. I was a member of the lost generation!
Interesting fact:
ReplyDeleteTwo other known frat members at Akin Gump were Malcolm Lassman and Robert S. Strauss.
Callet's and Strauss's fraternities were Jewish fraternities. Lassman's was probably a Jewish fraternity as well.
I wonder if Earl Segal (Penn State 1969) was a frat brother?
Could David Callet and I have been friends in college? Not bloody likely. You see, I am a MacKinnon Type I (it's part of my psychopathology) and David Callet is probably a Type III (he was a frat member):
ReplyDeleteMacKinnon gathered personality data on architects. The data clustered into three personality types: (I) the artist (creative), (II) neurotic (conflicted; artiste manque), and (III) the average (adapted). (Architects were chosen because they combine art with science, business, even psychology). His research found significant differences among the three groups.
Group I scored highest, in MacKinnon's analysis, on aggression, autonomy (independence), psychological complexity and richness, and ego strength (will); their goal was found to be "some inner artistic standard of excellence."
Group II scored intermediate on independence, close to (I) on richness, and highest on anxiety; their goal was "efficient execution."
Group III scored highest on abasement, affiliation, and deference (socialization); their goal was to meet the standard of the group.
At Akin Gump I never stood a chance with David Callet. He probably placed a lot of emphasis on my social isolation at the firm and my seeming oddness as signs that I was a little screwy. That evaluation would simply have been an externalization of David Callet's emphasis on socialization and affiliation. Hence, his apparent reaction of disdain to my self-analysis (The Caliban Complex):
http://dailstrug.blogspot.com/2011/05/surveillance-by-akin-gump-how-it-might.html
I wrote the Caliban Complex because I am a Type I and David Called disdained the writing because he's a Type III.
In mid-June 1988 David Callet said to me: "I notice you seem to work very hard."
ReplyDeleteI am an inner-directed person. I do what I do because of my inner standards.
David Callet, as a Type III, is outer-directed -- hence his perception that I worked hard to impress others.
In fact, I couldn't care less about impressing others -- or being embarrassed by others. I do what I feel is right and in accord with my inner standards.