The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) / quote 246 of 254
Integrated people are becoming dinosaurs
‘Everything’s exploded in the last twenty years. You will get people who, even if they still live in the same community and a very stable family situation, are subject to a thousand different cultures every time they walk out of the door. Every one of those impacts produces a slither of new personality because you have to respond to the world and that’s how personalities get made.’ Carter does not see this as a bad thing. ‘Those very integrated people, I think, are becoming dinosaurs. I don’t think they’re very well equipped to deal with a multicultural, very fast moving, very dynamic sort of culture they might have to move in now.’