World Socionics

  Stephen John Ditko was a comic book artist and key figure in the early years of Marvel, being a co-creator along side Stan Lee (ESE) of both Spider-Man and Dr. Strange. However in 1966, he would completely leave Marvel for Charleston comics where he created the Question as a backup to the Blue Beetle stories he was doing art for. Charleston’s IPs would later be acquired by DC hence why both these characters are now under the DC umbrella. However during his time at Marvel, Ditko would become increasingly enamored with the work of Ayn Rand (LIE) , becoming a self-described objectivist. The Question would be created to explore Ditko’s idea of what an objectivist superhero would be. This archetype would be further refined into Mr. A, an independently published character through which Ditko could more fully explore his ideas. Despite runs at DC and even a return to marvel during the Eighties, none of Ditko’s later work would acquire anywhere near the level of fame of his work with St...

Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek (1887-1975), also known as Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese revolutionary, general, and President of the Republic of China from 1927 until his defeat at the hands of Mao Zedong ( EIE ) in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, after which he and his government fled to the island of Taiwan, which he ruled until his death in 1975. First taking part as a military leader in the Xinhai revolution against the Qing dynasty in 1911 led by Sun Yat-sen, Chiang rose through the ranks of the nationalist party, called the Kuomintang, and eventually became commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army. In this leading role, Chiang led the Northern Expedition to reclaim the vast majority of China which was controlled by warlords, and with his rule over China established, he presided over the Nanjing Decade, which was a period of unprecedented economic growth from 1927-1937. This was followed by the Japanese invasion of 1937, triggering the Second Sino-Japanese War, which had...

After a diagnostic interview, an analysis of Ken’s answers suggests the 8 IM Elements may best be assigned to the functions of Model A in the following order, making his best fit type the ‘Logical Sensory Integrator’ or ‘LSI’. Leading Function - Laws (L1) One of the most dominant themes to come out when interviewing Ken was his pursuit of logical clarity, even over the meanings of particular words used during the interview process, finding ‘value’ to be “kind of a difficult word”. Similarly, on multiple occasions, Ken would be dissatisfied with an answer he had given, saying that he felt it was “too vague” and needed a better way of being described. In this way, we can see that Ken feels it is important that information, both when acquired by him and when presented to others, should be clearly defined and explained, reducing any ambiguity in the scope of their interpretation, while allowing himself and the interlocutor to understand the matter with definitional precision. To do...

Louis XIV , sometimes called "the Sun King" and "Louis the Great", reigned as King of France and Navarre from 1643 until his death in 1715 at the age of 76. He was the third French king of the House of Bourbon, ascending the throne when he was 4 upon the death of his father, King Louis XIII (IEI) . His reign was the zenith of France as the leading European power politically, militarily and culturally. Louis XIV re-invented the French monarchy as a manifestation and celebration of the absolute power of the king; he was regarded by his contemporaries, as he is still today, as the archetype of the absolute monarch. His personal tastes in art, architecture, etiquette and even landscaping had a huge impact among his contemporaries which is felt still today. Louis XIII, supported by his prime minister Cardinal Richelieu (LSI) , had already greatly increased the authority of the monarchy; however, the death of both men in quick succession led to a weaker government, du...

Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd was a South African psychologist, university professor, newspaper editor and politician who served as South Africa's 6th Prime Minister from 1958 until his murder in 1966. He is often called the "Architect of Apartheid" and was the politician chiefly responsible for the creation of the Republic of South Africa in 1961. It was during his government that Nelson Mandela (EIE) , along with others, was sentenced to prison for sabotage until his release in 1990. Verwoerd was born in the Netherlands in 1901; his parents emigrated to South Africa when he was about two years old. At first, he attended primary school in Cape Town, then in his teens accompanied his parents when they moved again, to Bulawayo (in what was then Rhodesia) and then back to South Africa, in the then province of the Orange Free State. He was an outstanding student and got the highest marks for English literature in the whole of Rhodesia, and the highest score in the Orange Fre...