Seriousness and fun
This is a hypothesis that came out of a discussion with Tomoya Tachikawa about what "interesting" means. Serious people are "my values <society's values." For example, they act based on the values of others, such as "because my parents told me to study for entrance exams and get into a good university.
These people are not interesting.
Interesting people are "my values > society's values"
Often acts differently than the average person.
Average people are not interesting, so on the contrary, people here are interesting.
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