Quote Originally Posted by ieist View Post
I'm guessing could try to sneakily grab ideas, and then start using these ideas when the originator is out of the picture, meaning long-term profit for the ego.
Sounds like you might be confusing Ne with Te. Look at the greatest examples of that in our time (Steve Jobs, etc.) and time and time again, it's Ne that does this, not Te.

Couple this with zero-in on stuff quality and ego providing connections and you got a combination that can easily devour others' ideas for own profit.
Not sure how you could derive either static ethics/morals (more Jungian) vs. collectivist vs. idealist (more Socionically) as the above.

As far as Te being the mean, killer of puppies, double-dipper of potato chips, late returner of library books, cruel mattress tag ripper-offer, crusher of dreams and instigator of pure evil- it's quite simple, really: Te is just misunderstood. For example, when we eat babies and look satisfied afterwards, it's not because we are gloating at the traumatized mother, it's because of the delicious nutrients we just consumed.