Originally Posted by
Myst
That's totally spot on. I would say the sx/so makes him have extra energy in a sense but otherwise he's clearly introverted and not an LIE or EIE whatsoever.
The Extravert Ni-creative typings are a mystery, given that it's been shown over and over again in this thread that JBP is an introvert. But whatever, people are still learning to type and all of us have made some weird typings while being introduced to socionics. JBP is not sx/so, however, and that extra energy comes from him being a PA type. In Jordan Peterson's own words, he has fully rejected the social realm at a very early age in favor of individual and personal approach, much like C. G. Jung whose works he commonly references, and who is also typed as SX/SP in the enneagram communities.
Jordan Peterson: "You know I’ve thought for a long time about a political career, really forever, since I was like twelve, really for a long time. And I’ve always decided against it because it seemed to me that the proper level of analysis, with regards to the solution of the problem that we’re facing, isn’t political. And that’s why I think it’s a mistake when what I’m doing gets politicized, even by me or other. I think that the way that you deal with this is to put yourself together, I really believe that, because I think that individual people are far more powerful, they’re certainly far more evil than their willing to consider. That’s also a sign of their unbelievable power. So, I think what you do is, aim high and put yourself together and stay the hell away from the ideologues. Because they’re hiding behind a wall and not able to come out and fight on their own behalf. And so, the way forward through the ideological mess, and that’s the lesson of Western culture, is place the individual at the place of paramount importance and to make the group identity emergent only when necessary, and secondarily if ever."
I've mentioned it in another discussion that as SX/SP and SOC-last I fully relate to this attitude.