Stout says, is that sociopaths “are nearly always invisible to us.” We get to know them for what they are in retrospect, in looking back at our dealings or associations with them.
He could - perish the thought - even be your parent or your child. Martha Stout, PhD, a consulting psychologist at the Harvard University Medical School, has written a fascinating book called “The Sociopath Next Door.” And if he- or she (sociopathy is no respecter of sexes or occupations or neighborhoods) isn’t living next door to you he may instead be your boss or your school teacher or just somebody you know. In fact most of them are not, although, if it suited their purposes they could be they have no conscience to stop them. Sociopaths are not necessarily serial murderers, child molesters, torturers or cannibals ala Hannibal Lechter. What it boils down to is simply this: Psychologists estimate that roughly four out of every 100 persons are born without consciences and therefore, that being the case, some of those conscienceless people are bound to be rich and that means one of them could well be your next door neighbor.īut not to worry, at least not too much.
In no way does it mean that all rich people are sociopaths or contrariwise, that all sociopaths are rich people.
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