“…A lot of the world’s misery can be traced to people who lack the wiring for empathy.
What can we do to contain the damage they cause?
Did you know that roughly one person in a hundred is clinically a psychopath?
These individuals are either born with an emotional deficiency that keeps them from feeling bad about hurting others – or they are traumatized early in life in a manner that causes them to become this way.
With more than 7 billion people on the planet that means there are as many as 70,000,000 psychopaths alive today.
These people are more likely to be risk takers – opportunists motivated by self-interest and greed -
- and inclined to dominate or subjugate those around them through manipulative means…”
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How Will the 99% Deal with the Psychopaths in the 1%? | Alternet.
