What happens when you take a group of people, wipe their memories, and throw them into an eerie corporate dystopia with no way out? You get Severance—Apple TV’s psychological thriller that somehow manages to be both unsettling and darkly hilarious. At the heart of this unsettling world are the severed employees of Lumon Industries, each…
As an INTJ, one of my favorite pastimes—besides overanalyzing social interactions and wondering why people enjoy small talk—is studying patterns in human behavior. And because I also enjoy making my hobbies needlessly complicated, I decided to see if different Myers-Briggs® personality types had specific tastes in movies. Naturally, I started with INFJs, because if there’s…
I’ve been listening to the Hamilton soundtrack a lot lately (if the past ten years counts as “lately”). With all the chaos in the country right now everything in the musical feels especially resonant. That got me thinking, if each of the 16 Myers-Briggs personality types were a Hamilton lyric, which one would they be?…
Are you worried that you—or someone you know—might be going through an unhealthy phase as an ESFP? First, take a deep breath. It’s important to remember that nobody operates at their best 100% of the time. The fact that you’re reading this shows that you care about personal growth, which is the first step toward…
At the end of 2023 my kids and I went to see Wonka in the movie theater four times (I know it’s a lot, but it was an extraordinarily good children’s movie, which I personally find rare). Everyone in our family fell in love with the enthusiasm, imagination, and whimsy of the musical, and afterwards,…
