Âé¶¹´«Ã½

Letter: Otroverts of the world will never be united

Published 10 September 2025

From Robert Sugden, Northmoor, Oxfordshire, UK

Rami Kaminski makes an interesting observation of a new personality type, the otrovert, yet creates a problem at the same time. I immediately recognised myself in his description and realised there is a group of other such people out there. But I also quickly realised that I can’t, by definition, join this group of otroverts because I myself am an otrovert, the key trait of which is shunning group membership(16 August, p 19).

So the cohort of otroverts will exist and have many members, none of whom can belong to it. It seems to be analogous to the Apathy Society that nobody can be bothered to join.

Issue no. 3560 published 13 September 2025

Sign up to our weekly newsletter

Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox. We'll also keep you up to date with Âé¶¹´«Ã½ events and special offers.

Sign up
Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop