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Linus: Hello? 2 00:00:01.267 --> 00:00:02.002 Linus: No. 3 00:00:02.469 --> 00:00:03.136 Sammy: What just happened? 4 00:00:03.870 --> 00:00:06.539 Linus: He goes, my name is Jonathan; is this LMG? 5 00:00:07.474 --> 00:00:11.344 Linus: And I'm like, no; and he's like... oh. 6 00:00:11.378 --> 00:00:12.712 Linus: We're doing a narcissism test. 7 00:00:14.714 --> 00:00:16.316 Sammy: That's the intro. 8 00:00:16.349 --> 00:00:18.518 Linus: Oh, wow; it's got a definition and everything. 9 00:00:18.518 --> 00:00:24.257 Narcissism in personality trait, generally conceived of as excessive self love. 10 00:00:27.427 --> 00:00:29.329 Sorry, it works better from the back. 11 00:00:29.329 --> 00:00:31.264 You gotta get the arms all the way around. 12 00:00:31.264 --> 00:00:31.798 Sammy: Start the test. 13 00:00:31.798 --> 00:00:32.365 Linus: Start the test- 14 00:00:32.832 --> 00:00:33.767 Sammy: Don't be narcissistic. 15 00:00:33.767 --> 00:00:35.201 Linus: I just wanna learn what it is. 16 00:00:35.201 --> 00:00:37.203 Linus: 40 pairs of statements!? 17 00:00:37.604 --> 00:00:38.538 Linus: It's A or B. 18 00:00:38.571 --> 00:00:41.141 Linus: "I have a natural talent for influencing people". 19 00:00:41.141 --> 00:00:43.543 Linus: "I am not good at influencing people". 20 00:00:43.576 --> 00:00:44.744 Linus: I think we all know. 21 00:00:44.778 --> 00:00:46.579 I mean literally what's my job again? 22 00:00:46.579 --> 00:00:49.115 But the way that I see it, you know, it wasn't natural. 23 00:00:49.149 --> 00:00:52.852 I had to work hard to influence people this much. 24 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:55.688 Linus: So, no, I'm not good at influencing people. 25 00:00:55.722 --> 00:00:56.189 Linus: No, no- 26 00:00:57.524 --> 00:00:58.825 Sammy: That's insane to say. 27 00:00:59.826 --> 00:01:00.460 Linus: Sorry. 28 00:01:00.460 --> 00:01:01.895 Linus: "Modesty doesn't become me". 29 00:01:02.562 --> 00:01:05.031 Linus: "I am essentially a modest person". 30 00:01:05.165 --> 00:01:07.400 Linus: I mean, it's hard to be modest when you're this awesome. 31 00:01:07.500 --> 00:01:11.638 Linus: No, I don't think I'm super modest, no. 32 00:01:11.738 --> 00:01:12.205 Linus: Ooh. 33 00:01:12.305 --> 00:01:14.040 "I would do almost anything on a dare". 34 00:01:14.674 --> 00:01:16.576 "I tend to be a fairly cautious person". 35 00:01:17.177 --> 00:01:19.012 I wouldn't do anything on a dare. 36 00:01:19.112 --> 00:01:22.715 "When people compliment me, I sometimes get embarrassed"; 37 00:01:22.749 --> 00:01:28.521 versus "I know that I am good because everybody keeps telling me so". 38 00:01:28.521 --> 00:01:30.924 Linus: Dude, this is unhinged. 39 00:01:31.024 --> 00:01:35.462 Linus: There's gotta be a middle ground; like, those can't be binary options. 40 00:01:35.562 --> 00:01:39.199 I know that I'm good because everybody keeps telling me so? 41 00:01:39.199 --> 00:01:40.834 Linus: That's f***ing nuts. 42 00:01:40.867 --> 00:01:43.703 Linus: I'm sorry, I can't click that one so I have to click the other one. 43 00:01:43.703 --> 00:01:45.772 Linus: When people compliment me, I sometimes get embarrassed. 44 00:01:45.805 --> 00:01:46.940 Elijah: You look really good today. 45 00:01:47.273 --> 00:01:50.210 Linus: Yeah, no, that does make me feel like a little awkward. 46 00:01:50.210 --> 00:01:52.645 Linus: I don't know about embarrassed, but awkward for sure. 47 00:01:52.679 --> 00:01:55.248 I think embarrassed and awkward are close enough synonyms. 48 00:01:55.248 --> 00:01:57.817 I'm definitely not clicking the other one; that's not true. 49 00:01:57.851 --> 00:02:01.921 Linus: "The thought of ruling the world frightens the hell out of me". 50 00:02:01.921 --> 00:02:04.958 "If I ruled the world, it would be a better place". 51 00:02:05.058 --> 00:02:06.159 Sammy: Linus Town! 52 00:02:06.226 --> 00:02:11.131 Linus: Okay, no; I have been very clear that I have no interest in Linus Town, 53 00:02:11.164 --> 00:02:12.499 and that that would be terrible. 54 00:02:12.499 --> 00:02:14.234 Elijah: But that's just a town, what about the world? 55 00:02:14.467 --> 00:02:15.835 Linus: Yeah, thank you for that. 56 00:02:15.835 --> 00:02:18.538 Linus: "I can usually talk my way out of anything". 57 00:02:18.638 --> 00:02:22.175 Linus: "I try to accept the consequences of my behavior". 58 00:02:22.308 --> 00:02:25.578 Again, man, like, it depends. 59 00:02:25.712 --> 00:02:27.847 Well I mean, if I don't have to have consequences, 60 00:02:27.847 --> 00:02:30.216 it seems like I probably shouldn't, right? 61 00:02:30.216 --> 00:02:32.585 Like if a cop pulls me over, I'm not gonna be like, 62 00:02:32.619 --> 00:02:34.754 give me the ticket, come on, come on, give it to me! 63 00:02:34.754 --> 00:02:38.024 Like, I'm gonna be like good evening officer, you know? 64 00:02:38.024 --> 00:02:43.129 Actually, I'm super awkward when cops pull me over; I get like, really nervous. 65 00:02:43.129 --> 00:02:46.032 There was one time I was crossing the border and they asked me where I lived, 66 00:02:46.032 --> 00:02:47.167 and I said the wrong city. 67 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:49.302 Give me an example of some time 68 00:02:49.302 --> 00:02:51.671 I should have accepted the consequences of my behavior. 69 00:02:51.671 --> 00:02:53.806 Elijah: I bit my tongue so hard, I'm sorry. 70 00:02:53.806 --> 00:02:54.874 Sammy: Something happened a few years ago. 71 00:02:56.576 --> 00:02:57.710 Linus: Okay, you know what? Fine. 72 00:02:57.810 --> 00:02:59.913 Linus: Linus forum response, okay? 73 00:02:59.913 --> 00:03:03.616 Elijah: I was gonna say the Billet Labs, but I didn't want to actually say it. 74 00:03:03.650 --> 00:03:05.418 Linus: This is my terrible response. 75 00:03:05.418 --> 00:03:08.121 Linus: Probably not a great first paragraph. 76 00:03:08.121 --> 00:03:12.492 To my team, I was at the helm for all of these errors so I need to own it. 77 00:03:12.525 --> 00:03:15.962 It's sad and unfortunate when this transparency gets warped into a bad thing. 78 00:03:15.962 --> 00:03:18.631 The Labs team is hard at work, creating processes and tools. 79 00:03:18.665 --> 00:03:22.001 Third paragraph, I'd say first half is deflection; 80 00:03:22.035 --> 00:03:25.371 second half is, that doesn't mean these things don't matter. 81 00:03:25.371 --> 00:03:28.775 We're setting KPIs around accuracy, continuing installing new checks. 82 00:03:28.808 --> 00:03:31.311 Yeah, I think the third paragraph is a little deflecty. 83 00:03:31.311 --> 00:03:32.178 Okay, I'm- fine. 84 00:03:32.178 --> 00:03:33.379 Linus: You know what? Let's go with it. 85 00:03:33.413 --> 00:03:35.114 Linus: I can usually talk my way out of anything. 86 00:03:35.114 --> 00:03:38.084 Elijah: And if I have to go off, you know... "trust me, bro"; 87 00:03:38.918 --> 00:03:40.153 dual layer backpack... 88 00:03:40.220 --> 00:03:41.387 Linus: What do you mean dual layer backpack? 89 00:03:41.387 --> 00:03:42.589 Linus: What the hell did we do wrong there? 90 00:03:42.589 --> 00:03:44.324 Elijah: Well, they're talking about it and like, 91 00:03:44.324 --> 00:03:46.826 you're like, oh, mistakes happen; this is what- And like listen- 92 00:03:46.826 --> 00:03:48.761 Linus: Do you have any idea how much that cost me? 93 00:03:48.761 --> 00:03:50.964 Elijah: I am not saying it didn't cost you anything. 94 00:03:50.964 --> 00:03:52.765 Linus: Well, but that's the whole thing. 95 00:03:52.765 --> 00:03:56.135 Linus: Paying for it is literally accepting the consequences of your actions. 96 00:03:56.135 --> 00:03:59.505 I literally paid for it, same with like the zipper pulls and stuff. 97 00:03:59.539 --> 00:04:02.008 If we screw up, we f***ing pay for it. 98 00:04:02.075 --> 00:04:03.509 Well... I mean. 99 00:04:03.543 --> 00:04:04.077 Sammy: Next question. 100 00:04:04.077 --> 00:04:05.378 Linus: "I will be a success". 101 00:04:05.378 --> 00:04:07.447 Linus: "I am not too concerned about success". 102 00:04:07.580 --> 00:04:10.617 I mean, I consider myself successful at this point; 103 00:04:10.650 --> 00:04:13.453 so it's not really, it's not really a forward looking statement anymore. 104 00:04:13.987 --> 00:04:15.922 Elijah: Shows the whole warehouse, thanks Sammy. 105 00:04:16.556 --> 00:04:20.293 Linus: Well, I got a fire truck; is that not every little boy's dream? 106 00:04:20.326 --> 00:04:21.995 Elijah: No, I want a police car. 107 00:04:22.228 --> 00:04:22.729 Sammy: Next year. 108 00:04:23.162 --> 00:04:25.198 Linus: "No better or worse than most people". 109 00:04:25.198 --> 00:04:27.000 Linus: "I think I'm a special person". 110 00:04:27.033 --> 00:04:30.436 Linus: I think everybody's a mess; that definitely includes me. 111 00:04:30.436 --> 00:04:32.305 Linus: "I'm not sure if I would make a good leader". 112 00:04:32.305 --> 00:04:33.806 "I see myself as a good leader". 113 00:04:33.840 --> 00:04:35.975 Linus: I actually had someone tell me the other day, 114 00:04:35.975 --> 00:04:40.847 that I'm the best leader they've ever known, but I'm not a good manager. 115 00:04:40.880 --> 00:04:44.317 And I think that probably, that probably is about right. 116 00:04:45.084 --> 00:04:47.553 Linus: The ADD is too- 117 00:04:47.553 --> 00:04:47.954 Elijah: Yeah. 118 00:04:47.954 --> 00:04:48.921 Linus: Sorry, what were we talking about? 119 00:04:48.921 --> 00:04:50.790 Linus: "I like to have authority over other people". 120 00:04:50.790 --> 00:04:52.392 "I don't mind following orders". 121 00:04:52.392 --> 00:04:54.861 Linus: This one needs a middle ground; I like autonomy. 122 00:04:54.861 --> 00:04:58.998 I don't need to bark people around and I don't especially like it. 123 00:04:58.998 --> 00:05:00.667 I don't love following orders. 124 00:05:01.200 --> 00:05:03.803 I need the lone wolf option, 125 00:05:03.836 --> 00:05:07.240 but if I have to pick one I definitely mind following orders; 126 00:05:07.273 --> 00:05:08.074 so I'll take this one. 127 00:05:08.074 --> 00:05:10.176 Linus: "I find it easy to manipulate people". 128 00:05:10.176 --> 00:05:13.112 "I don't like it when I find myself manipulating people". 129 00:05:13.112 --> 00:05:14.714 Linus: Those could both be true. 130 00:05:14.714 --> 00:05:18.851 Linus: You can find it effortless but not like that. 131 00:05:18.885 --> 00:05:21.120 Sammy: Would you consider influencing manipulating? 132 00:05:21.587 --> 00:05:24.490 Linus: No, I don't think influencing is manipulating; 133 00:05:24.490 --> 00:05:26.726 Linus: because manipulating has a super negative connotation 134 00:05:26.726 --> 00:05:30.963 as though you're getting them to do something that they shouldn't do. 135 00:05:30.963 --> 00:05:32.565 That is like against their self-interest; 136 00:05:32.565 --> 00:05:34.267 whereas like influence you could just like, 137 00:05:34.267 --> 00:05:37.670 you can influence someone's purchase decision and they can end up with the right thing, 138 00:05:37.704 --> 00:05:40.606 which is good, right? Like... 139 00:05:40.606 --> 00:05:43.042 I mean, I guess people are kind of easy to manipulate. 140 00:05:43.743 --> 00:05:46.813 "I insist upon getting the respect that is due me". 141 00:05:46.813 --> 00:05:48.848 "I usually get the respect that I deserve". 142 00:05:48.848 --> 00:05:51.417 Linus: I think I get the respect I deserve, or sometimes not. 143 00:05:51.451 --> 00:05:52.719 Linus: Sup audience; how you doing? 144 00:05:53.953 --> 00:05:56.989 "I don't particularly like to show off my body". 145 00:05:57.023 --> 00:05:59.425 "I like to show off my body". 146 00:05:59.425 --> 00:06:01.861 Linus: No, I don't particularly like to show off my body. 147 00:06:01.861 --> 00:06:03.029 Sammy: But you took up the picture ones. 148 00:06:03.062 --> 00:06:03.963 Reece: What about the underwear? 149 00:06:03.963 --> 00:06:04.831 Glenn: What about the firetruck? 150 00:06:04.831 --> 00:06:09.435 Elijah: He wore a hoodie to the water slides on Sunday; he doesn't like to. 151 00:06:09.435 --> 00:06:10.069 Linus: Guys, it's- 152 00:06:10.370 --> 00:06:12.338 Reece: You look pretty confident in those photos, let me say. 153 00:06:12.338 --> 00:06:15.508 Linus: Yeah, it's my job; my job to look confident. 154 00:06:15.608 --> 00:06:17.243 Linus: "I can read people like a book". 155 00:06:17.243 --> 00:06:19.579 "People are sometimes hard to understand". 156 00:06:20.380 --> 00:06:21.114 Linus: It's tough! 157 00:06:21.214 --> 00:06:23.549 Linus: Like there's certain people that I can read like a book. 158 00:06:23.683 --> 00:06:27.220 Like Luke, it's a really fun game for me to like ask him something, 159 00:06:27.253 --> 00:06:31.290 and then be like, I'm gonna stop you right there; and then just like say the answer. 160 00:06:31.324 --> 00:06:36.028 Like it's hilarious, but like I've known the guy for damn near 20 years now. 161 00:06:36.028 --> 00:06:37.764 Sammy: What about Eli? Can you understand Eli? 162 00:06:37.764 --> 00:06:39.198 Linus: I just assume he's always scared. 163 00:06:40.400 --> 00:06:41.300 Elijah: Yeah, that's pretty accurate. 164 00:06:41.334 --> 00:06:41.801 Linus: Yeah. 165 00:06:41.968 --> 00:06:46.539 Linus: "If I feel competent I am willing to take responsibility for making decisions". 166 00:06:46.606 --> 00:06:49.542 Linus: "I like to take responsibility for making decisions". 167 00:06:49.542 --> 00:06:53.379 Linus: Well no, I'm not gonna make a decision if I like don't feel competent at it. 168 00:06:53.379 --> 00:06:55.381 "I just wanna be reasonably happy". 169 00:06:55.415 --> 00:06:57.417 "I want to amount to something in the eyes of the world". 170 00:06:57.417 --> 00:07:01.187 Linus: This is a tough one because I never aspired to this. 171 00:07:01.187 --> 00:07:04.056 I never really wanted to be in the public eye; 172 00:07:04.056 --> 00:07:05.658 now that I'm here though, I don't mind it. 173 00:07:05.658 --> 00:07:06.359 Linus: It's okay. 174 00:07:06.359 --> 00:07:08.594 Linus: It's been a little much lately; I remember- 175 00:07:08.594 --> 00:07:09.729 Who was I talking to about this? 176 00:07:09.729 --> 00:07:12.532 It's like ever since COVID it's been probably a bit too much. 177 00:07:12.565 --> 00:07:19.305 Like I have just enough notoriety that I think it tells me that I don't need any more, 178 00:07:19.305 --> 00:07:21.808 is what I used to say; now it's a little too much. 179 00:07:21.808 --> 00:07:24.477 But I mean, I can't deny the path that I ended up on. 180 00:07:24.477 --> 00:07:25.511 So this one. 181 00:07:25.511 --> 00:07:29.749 "My body is nothing special", versus "I like to look at my body". 182 00:07:29.749 --> 00:07:31.117 Elijah: Back to the underwear shoes. 183 00:07:31.918 --> 00:07:33.853 Linus: Yeah, it's nothing special. 184 00:07:33.886 --> 00:07:35.288 "I try not to be a show off". 185 00:07:35.288 --> 00:07:37.824 "I will usually show off if I get the chance". 186 00:07:37.957 --> 00:07:38.691 Linus: Your Porsche. 187 00:07:38.791 --> 00:07:40.326 Elijah: There's an obvious answer here. 188 00:07:40.326 --> 00:07:43.863 Linus: I'm not looking for opportunities, I just really like that car. 189 00:07:45.898 --> 00:07:49.268 Linus: I specifically didn't buy it for like two years, 190 00:07:49.302 --> 00:07:50.703 Linus: cause I was like it's a bit much. 191 00:07:50.703 --> 00:07:51.337 Elijah: It's not just the car; 192 00:07:51.337 --> 00:07:55.541 if the car's the only thing you think of, that's part of the problem. 193 00:07:55.741 --> 00:07:56.509 Linus: I don't know man- 194 00:07:56.509 --> 00:07:59.111 Elijah: You have tens of millions of real estate. 195 00:07:59.111 --> 00:08:01.414 Linus: Well, that's not showing off; that's investment. 196 00:08:01.414 --> 00:08:03.416 Elijah: Hey guys, check out my badminton center. 197 00:08:03.883 --> 00:08:04.984 Linus: That's not showing off! 198 00:08:05.451 --> 00:08:06.285 Glenn: It's a tax write-off. 199 00:08:06.319 --> 00:08:06.886 Elijah: Oh shut up. 200 00:08:06.986 --> 00:08:08.154 Linus: That's right, baby. 201 00:08:08.287 --> 00:08:10.356 Linus: This guy knows; I don't know, it's tough. 202 00:08:10.356 --> 00:08:13.092 Linus: I don't dress up much, but I got the car. 203 00:08:13.092 --> 00:08:14.961 You know what? Let's go with I show off. 204 00:08:14.961 --> 00:08:16.696 Linus: Look, I'm trying to answer honestly. 205 00:08:16.696 --> 00:08:19.232 Elijah: You know what? I'll give you a little bit of defense. 206 00:08:19.265 --> 00:08:22.034 I don't think you would show off if there wasn't a camera pointed at it. 207 00:08:22.034 --> 00:08:24.003 Like you would probably not have bought that TV. 208 00:08:24.036 --> 00:08:25.538 Linus: "I always know what I'm doing". 209 00:08:25.538 --> 00:08:27.707 "Sometimes I'm not sure what I'm doing". 210 00:08:27.707 --> 00:08:32.245 Anyone who answers that one, the first one; you gotta be like, actually clinical. 211 00:08:32.278 --> 00:08:34.480 Linus: "I sometimes depend on people to get things done"; 212 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:36.415 "I rarely depend on anyone else to get things done". 213 00:08:36.415 --> 00:08:38.951 I mean, what's the point of manipulating people if they don't do things for you? 214 00:08:41.354 --> 00:08:42.555 Sammy: We're gonna get canceled. 215 00:08:42.588 --> 00:08:43.589 Sammy: We're gonna- 216 00:08:44.090 --> 00:08:45.525 Linus: "Sometimes I tell good stories". 217 00:08:45.892 --> 00:08:47.627 "Everybody likes to hear my stories". 218 00:08:47.627 --> 00:08:49.962 Linus: Dude, sometimes my stories fall real flat. 219 00:08:49.962 --> 00:08:53.099 Like I remember this one time I was telling a story and... 220 00:08:55.835 --> 00:08:56.269 Linus: Sorry, I forgot what I was talking about. 221 00:08:56.269 --> 00:08:56.802 See! Se- 222 00:08:56.802 --> 00:08:59.205 "I expect a great deal from other people". 223 00:08:59.238 --> 00:09:01.374 "I like to do things for other people". 224 00:09:01.607 --> 00:09:04.110 Linus: Those are both true, I do expect a lot. 225 00:09:04.143 --> 00:09:05.978 I do like to do things for other people. 226 00:09:06.012 --> 00:09:08.047 I think I expect a great deal from people. 227 00:09:08.080 --> 00:09:12.151 Linus: "I will never be satisfied until I get all that I deserve". 228 00:09:12.151 --> 00:09:14.754 Linus: "I take my satisfactions as they come". 229 00:09:14.754 --> 00:09:17.557 I definitely love number go up. 230 00:09:17.823 --> 00:09:22.461 Like even going back to my time at NCIX, like the portfolio that I managed; 231 00:09:22.495 --> 00:09:24.497 like I always wanted it to like go up. 232 00:09:24.497 --> 00:09:27.366 Like that's when I realized that I needed to get into business, 233 00:09:27.400 --> 00:09:29.135 because I'm like excited by growth. 234 00:09:29.135 --> 00:09:35.274 However, I can't abide the word "deserve"; that's gross. 235 00:09:35.374 --> 00:09:40.613 Any failure to recognize the position of privilege that you're in is nasty; 236 00:09:40.613 --> 00:09:44.850 so I have to click the other one, but if it wasn't for the D word there, 237 00:09:44.850 --> 00:09:47.019 yeah, I have a growth mindset for sure. 238 00:09:47.053 --> 00:09:50.389 "Compliments embarrass me"; "I like to be complimented". 239 00:09:50.389 --> 00:09:52.458 Linus: Yeah, in general I don't really like it. 240 00:09:52.458 --> 00:09:54.460 I think part of it though is a learned behavior, 241 00:09:54.460 --> 00:09:58.230 because it just feels like ass kissing because of the position that I'm in. 242 00:09:58.264 --> 00:10:00.299 So I just like actually kind of hate it 243 00:10:00.433 --> 00:10:02.635 when people just like say nice things to me. 244 00:10:02.635 --> 00:10:06.105 So that's really, it's not really either of these things though. 245 00:10:06.105 --> 00:10:08.975 Again, like that's just, I just, I hate suck ups. 246 00:10:08.975 --> 00:10:10.042 Sammy: So true, so true. 247 00:10:11.377 --> 00:10:11.777 Linus: Well... 248 00:10:14.113 --> 00:10:16.382 Linus: Take your yes man bullsh** and get out of here. 249 00:10:16.382 --> 00:10:18.284 Linus: "I have a strong will to power". 250 00:10:18.317 --> 00:10:21.320 That is a super weird way of saying willpower. 251 00:10:21.354 --> 00:10:23.089 Is that will, are they saying willpower? 252 00:10:23.122 --> 00:10:24.957 Linus: "Power for its own sake doesn't interest me". 253 00:10:24.957 --> 00:10:25.391 Linus: Oh, wait. 254 00:10:25.491 --> 00:10:26.492 Elijah: No, like being powerful. 255 00:10:26.492 --> 00:10:27.126 Reece: No, like you want power. 256 00:10:27.126 --> 00:10:28.494 Linus: Ohhhhhhh. 257 00:10:28.494 --> 00:10:30.663 Linus: No, for its own sake it doesn't interest me; 258 00:10:30.663 --> 00:10:33.766 it's in the interest of like getting something accomplished. 259 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:36.068 Linus: "I don't care about new fads and fashions". 260 00:10:36.102 --> 00:10:38.371 "I like to start new fads and fashions". 261 00:10:38.404 --> 00:10:41.040 Linus: If I'd ever started one maybe I'd know what it was like, but no. 262 00:10:41.073 --> 00:10:43.009 Linus: "I like to look at myself in the mirror". 263 00:10:43.042 --> 00:10:44.110 Linus: It's this thing again! 264 00:10:44.243 --> 00:10:46.746 "I'm not particularly interested in looking at myself in the mirror". 265 00:10:46.779 --> 00:10:47.880 Linus: I often forget. 266 00:10:48.014 --> 00:10:49.982 We'll go to roll the camera and I'll be like, oh sh**; 267 00:10:50.082 --> 00:10:51.651 so I think I know which one to go with here. 268 00:10:51.784 --> 00:10:53.386 Linus: "I really like to be at the center of attention". 269 00:10:53.419 --> 00:10:54.387 "It makes me uncomfortable". 270 00:10:54.420 --> 00:10:56.122 Linus: No, I like to be the center of attention. 271 00:10:56.155 --> 00:10:58.157 "I can live my life in any way I want to"; 272 00:10:58.190 --> 00:11:00.893 "People can't always live their lives in terms of what they want". 273 00:11:00.893 --> 00:11:04.263 Linus: Okay, again though this is more of a learned behavior. 274 00:11:04.263 --> 00:11:07.266 I can live my life the way I want to, but I- 275 00:11:08.334 --> 00:11:11.537 Actually no, this is not quite true; cause if I could just live my life 276 00:11:11.537 --> 00:11:13.839 the way I want to I could just like not come to work today. 277 00:11:13.873 --> 00:11:16.909 But there's a bunch of people here that need me to come to work today; 278 00:11:16.909 --> 00:11:19.345 so I'm going to go with two. 279 00:11:19.378 --> 00:11:21.681 "Being an authority doesn't mean that much to me". 280 00:11:21.681 --> 00:11:24.650 "People always seem to recognize my authority". 281 00:11:24.684 --> 00:11:26.218 Linus: Man, it's not always. 282 00:11:26.252 --> 00:11:30.389 Like here, yeah; but it's like literally because I own the company. 283 00:11:30.389 --> 00:11:32.792 Like, I don't think it's like outside of here. 284 00:11:32.858 --> 00:11:33.759 Linus: Well, no, what? 285 00:11:33.959 --> 00:11:34.560 Linus: What? 286 00:11:34.560 --> 00:11:36.095 Elijah: I find it funny the way you worded that. 287 00:11:36.295 --> 00:11:37.129 Linus: Well, it's true. 288 00:11:37.163 --> 00:11:38.931 Elijah: I don't disagree, I don't disagree. 289 00:11:38.931 --> 00:11:41.100 Linus: The question is structured as like a hypothetical, 290 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:42.134 Linus: but it's not a hypothetical. 291 00:11:42.134 --> 00:11:44.837 Elijah: Do you know how people find your authority in the tech space? 292 00:11:44.870 --> 00:11:47.773 Elijah: Like, as from a consumer perspective. 293 00:11:47.773 --> 00:11:49.141 Linus: Oh, like that kind of authority. 294 00:11:49.141 --> 00:11:49.475 Elijah: Yeah. 295 00:11:49.475 --> 00:11:51.110 Elijah: Like you are an authoritative voice. 296 00:11:51.110 --> 00:11:52.411 Linus: It depends. 297 00:11:52.445 --> 00:11:55.081 Linus: And that's specifically in tech where, 298 00:11:55.081 --> 00:11:58.317 in terms of breadth I'm something of a subject matter expert; 299 00:11:58.317 --> 00:12:02.788 but in terms of my depth, I don't go nearly as deep as actual experts. 300 00:12:02.822 --> 00:12:04.690 Linus: Like I'm your classic jack of all trades. 301 00:12:04.724 --> 00:12:08.294 I don't know, I don't think I can answer this no if we have 16 million subscribers. 302 00:12:08.461 --> 00:12:08.928 Elijah: Yeah. 303 00:12:08.928 --> 00:12:09.762 Linus: So I think- 304 00:12:09.762 --> 00:12:10.896 Elijah: That's where I was getting at. 305 00:12:10.896 --> 00:12:11.564 Linus: Yeah, okay. 306 00:12:11.564 --> 00:12:12.732 Linus: "I'd prefer to be a leader". 307 00:12:12.732 --> 00:12:14.266 "It makes little difference to me". 308 00:12:14.300 --> 00:12:15.167 Linus: I can't follow orders. 309 00:12:15.201 --> 00:12:17.670 Linus: Like even when I worked for another company, 310 00:12:17.670 --> 00:12:21.607 like I would always find my own way of doing things; it was usually better. 311 00:12:21.607 --> 00:12:25.311 So like my performance compared to my peers was very strong, 312 00:12:26.312 --> 00:12:27.413 so I kept getting promoted. 313 00:12:27.446 --> 00:12:31.417 Whether it's a learned behavior or not I went down that path. 314 00:12:31.450 --> 00:12:33.552 "I am going to be a great person". 315 00:12:33.586 --> 00:12:35.921 "I hope I'm going to be successful". 316 00:12:35.955 --> 00:12:44.196 Linus: This is tough because I don't necessarily define great and successful as- 317 00:12:44.230 --> 00:12:46.232 Oh man, how do you even do this? 318 00:12:46.232 --> 00:12:50.102 "I'm going to be a great person"; what does great mean? 319 00:12:50.102 --> 00:12:54.006 Alexander the Great was great; Alexander the great was f***ed up. 320 00:12:54.073 --> 00:12:56.175 Linus: I'm going to go with, I hope I'm going to be successful; 321 00:12:56.175 --> 00:12:59.645 because like I said I never really like was after any of this. 322 00:12:59.645 --> 00:13:01.447 Linus: Just keep optimizing, right? 323 00:13:01.447 --> 00:13:03.315 Linus: "People sometimes believe what I tell them". 324 00:13:03.315 --> 00:13:07.253 Linus: "I can make anybody believe anything I want them to". 325 00:13:08.254 --> 00:13:09.755 Definitely the top one. 326 00:13:09.789 --> 00:13:11.457 Linus: "I'm a born leader". 327 00:13:11.490 --> 00:13:13.859 "Leadership is a quality that takes a long time to develop". 328 00:13:13.959 --> 00:13:16.896 Linus: Takes a long time to develop, I got a lot of stuff wrong. 329 00:13:16.896 --> 00:13:20.466 "I wish somebody would someday write my biography". 330 00:13:20.466 --> 00:13:23.836 "I don't like people to pry into my life for any reason". 331 00:13:23.836 --> 00:13:27.973 Linus: Wow; this one needs a middle ground for sure. 332 00:13:28.007 --> 00:13:30.676 Elijah: Who gets to play Linus in the Linus movie? 333 00:13:30.910 --> 00:13:32.545 Elijah: Like Danny DeVito? Same height? 334 00:13:32.678 --> 00:13:33.712 Linus: Danny DeVito. 335 00:13:33.813 --> 00:13:38.317 Linus: In general, I like to keep my actual personal life pretty separate from the videos. 336 00:13:38.317 --> 00:13:41.754 However, I won't say that I wasn't tickled when I had a Wikipedia page. 337 00:13:41.754 --> 00:13:43.055 Like I thought that was pretty cool; 338 00:13:43.189 --> 00:13:45.524 and I think that's the closest I'm going to get to a biography. 339 00:13:45.624 --> 00:13:47.426 So sure, let's go with that. 340 00:13:47.560 --> 00:13:50.429 Linus: "I get upset when people don't notice how I look when I go out in public". 341 00:13:50.429 --> 00:13:51.197 Linus: F***ing this again. 342 00:13:51.330 --> 00:13:53.799 Linus: "I like blending in with the crowd when I go out in public". 343 00:13:53.899 --> 00:13:58.771 Linus: I, I- Yeah I actually don't like being noticed; it's a little much at this point. 344 00:13:58.871 --> 00:14:01.674 Linus: To be clear, I'm not trying to be rude. 345 00:14:01.674 --> 00:14:03.742 Linus: If you want to get a selfie, like you know, whatever. 346 00:14:03.843 --> 00:14:05.544 Just, just keep it quick; that's all I ask. 347 00:14:05.644 --> 00:14:07.613 One picture, you know. 348 00:14:07.680 --> 00:14:10.983 Linus: Click; not like click, click and then landscape and then, 349 00:14:10.983 --> 00:14:14.486 oh, oh, actually, oh could, could you hold the phone for me? 350 00:14:14.486 --> 00:14:16.121 Linus: "I am more capable than other people". 351 00:14:16.188 --> 00:14:18.824 "There's a lot that I can learn from other people". 352 00:14:18.824 --> 00:14:21.060 Linus: I think those are both true. 353 00:14:21.093 --> 00:14:23.696 Linus: In general though, I'm going to have to go with the second one. 354 00:14:23.796 --> 00:14:27.233 I am much like everybody else, I am an extraordinary person. 355 00:14:27.233 --> 00:14:30.603 I think many of the people I know are pretty extraordinary. 356 00:14:30.703 --> 00:14:32.404 And I think that I am one of them. 357 00:14:32.471 --> 00:14:35.007 Linus: I fundamentally disagree with the first statement. 358 00:14:35.074 --> 00:14:39.712 I don't necessarily think that everyone is extraordinarily awesome or anything, 359 00:14:39.712 --> 00:14:42.047 but I do think that people are generally extraordinary; 360 00:14:42.047 --> 00:14:43.115 so I'm going to go with that one. 361 00:14:43.115 --> 00:14:45.451 Elijah: I hope it's just like a big check mark; yes or no. 362 00:14:46.952 --> 00:14:47.820 Elijah: I hope there's no in between. 363 00:14:48.087 --> 00:14:51.457 Linus: These are your results; your score is 17 out of 40. 364 00:14:51.490 --> 00:14:54.760 Linus: Higher scores indicate greater levels of narcissism; 365 00:14:54.827 --> 00:14:57.997 below is a graph of how other people have scored on the test. 366 00:14:58.564 --> 00:15:03.035 So I definitely lean more narcissistic than the average population. 367 00:15:03.035 --> 00:15:05.070 Can you imagine being here!? 368 00:15:06.071 --> 00:15:07.606 Oh, this is interesting. 369 00:15:07.640 --> 00:15:10.976 Linus: Your score was higher than 70% of the sample. 370 00:15:11.076 --> 00:15:11.710 Elijah: Oh. 371 00:15:11.844 --> 00:15:17.516 Linus: U.S. celebrities tend to skew about two and a half points higher 372 00:15:17.516 --> 00:15:21.220 Linus: than just average adults or university undergraduates; 373 00:15:21.553 --> 00:15:25.858 Linus: and I am like bang on with like famous people. 374 00:15:27.092 --> 00:15:28.093 Linus: Well, no, no, no; that's- 375 00:15:28.093 --> 00:15:32.431 It's really interesting though, because I've said so many times in the past. 376 00:15:32.731 --> 00:15:33.666 Reece: How famous you are? 377 00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:34.433 Linus: No. 378 00:15:36.135 --> 00:15:36.902 Elijah: Let him finished. 379 00:15:37.069 --> 00:15:37.436 Reece: Okay. 380 00:15:37.436 --> 00:15:39.038 Linus: I've said so many times in the past, 381 00:15:39.038 --> 00:15:42.107 and I've even argued with other influencers about it, 382 00:15:42.107 --> 00:15:46.545 that I think there's a certain degree of narcissistic tendencies 383 00:15:46.545 --> 00:15:50.316 that predispose people to becoming influencers, 384 00:15:50.316 --> 00:15:51.917 and to being successful in the space. 385 00:15:51.917 --> 00:15:52.484 Elijah: Totally. 386 00:15:52.518 --> 00:15:56.155 Linus: And this is just like basically that on a page, 387 00:15:56.956 --> 00:15:59.191 which is, I don't know, it's pretty interesting. 388 00:15:59.224 --> 00:16:01.327 Linus: Be careful you do not take these scores 389 00:16:01.327 --> 00:16:03.062 as absolute norms for the specific groups though. 390 00:16:03.062 --> 00:16:05.030 Measuring a norm is very tricky, et cetera, et cetera. 391 00:16:05.064 --> 00:16:08.300 In addition to the primary score there's seven different facets. 392 00:16:08.334 --> 00:16:10.202 Your scores for each are graphed below. 393 00:16:14.039 --> 00:16:16.709 I've told Yvonne many times how dependent I am; 394 00:16:16.709 --> 00:16:19.378 I just didn't know how true it was. 395 00:16:20.245 --> 00:16:21.647 Elijah: Your authority is pretty high though. 396 00:16:21.647 --> 00:16:28.520 Linus: Authority is high, moderate entitlement; bit of an exhibitionist. 397 00:16:31.557 --> 00:16:33.192 Elijah: At least you don't have a superiority complex. 398 00:16:33.325 --> 00:16:34.893 Linus: No more than any other celebrity. 399 00:16:34.893 --> 00:16:37.262 Elijah: Well, yay; we have Tom Cruise as a boss. 400 00:16:37.896 --> 00:16:38.897 Linus: I think he's my height, right? 401 00:16:39.231 --> 00:16:39.965 Linus: Yeah. 402 00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:43.569 Elijah: Well that makes sense, because he can do Mission Impossible; 403 00:16:43.669 --> 00:16:44.603 you can just do tech tips. 404 00:16:44.603 --> 00:16:47.439 Linus: Time to do some impossible tech tips and build this computer. 405 00:16:47.439 --> 00:16:48.007 Elijah: I hate this thing. 406 00:16:48.007 --> 00:16:48.707 Linus: Alright, see you later. 407 00:16:48.707 --> 00:16:49.241 Linus: Thanks, Sammy.