Take a look at the picture below and how many footballs can you see?
Yes, you're right, there are 6 footballs. But, if you look closely at this person's hand, is it unusual?
The author uses this picture to reveal: "This is the case with psychopaths. On the surface they are normal, personable, charismatic, and psychologically seamlessly disguised. All of this diverts our attention, and we don't see them as they really are, but the potential anomaly is right in front of us. ”
The "psychopathy" referred to in this book is a psychologically neutral meaning, and it expounds the unique psychological characteristics of psychopaths from scientific, sociological, and philosophical aspects.
Speaking of why there are more and more psychopaths now, the author interprets it from a cultural point of view: unlike past pastors, philosophers, poets and other traditional cultural authorities, today's popular actors, star media and other "cultural authorities" publicize a variety of psychopathies, resulting in moral failure in the cultural field. In this culture, truth is distorted by naked personal interests, and moral boundaries deviate far from the bottom line of conscience.
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preface
"From a pathological point of view, humans are risk-averse animals, and many of the current emotional mechanisms of humans are not fully adapted to the lifestyle of modern society."
Evolutionary biologists believe that it was precisely because of their excessive vigilance against threats that our ancestors survived the defense against carnivores.
Anxiety became a huge advantage, enhancing human adaptability.
Research has shown that depression helps with thinking, makes people more focused, and improves problem-solving skills.
In fact, fear and sadness— corresponding to anxiety and depression, respectively— are two of the five basic emotions. (Joy, sadness, anger, fear and disgust)
But there are some people except, even in the most sad, worst-case situation, they will not have these emotional experiences, they are psychopaths.
Chapter 1 Venom is as poisonous as a snake and scorpion
Virtue and greatness cannot be combined. —Winston Churchill
Psychopaths have traits:
When faced with a moral dilemma that has nothing to do with personal feelings, the neuronal activation patterns of psychopaths and normal people are basically the same, however, when it comes to personal feelings, the reactions of the two are very different.
What determines whether you're in First Class or Economy Class
Chapter Two: Are True Psychopaths Willing to Stand Up?
Big Five Personality Traits:
Psychologists have found that human personality has a great relationship with the nature of work and the working environment.
Psychopaths have impressive and rapidly changing personality traits, with charismatic ruthlessness on one side and unpredictable coldness on the other.
Psychopaths can grasp the meaning of words, but cannot understand the emotions contained in music.
Psychopaths don't feel the pain, they don't notice this emotion in other people, not because they can't feel it, but because when they're preoccupied with a job that could yield an immediate reward, they filter out all the "irrelevant things."
Chapter Three: Timing
Obedience is human and animal nature. ... The individual's personality decreases, and the chances of survival increase.
Those who put their feet on the gas pedal, those who are "crazy", if their opponent is a normal person, they will be the winner after all. Sometimes, seemingly "irrational" behavior may be the really correct behavior.
Ruthless, fearless, persuasive, charismatic, these traits combine to be deadly, but sometimes life-saving.
About game theory:
In a complex social structure in which the social division of labor is fine and all walks of life are interconnected, pure unconditional acts of violence and pure unconditional compromise are doomed to failure.
Macroscopic harmony and microscopic individualism make up the two sides of the coin of "evolution." "Giving" is no more noble than "receiving"; giving is rather receiving.
Chapter Four: The Wisdom of the Madmen
The "Dark Three Personalities" in Spy Interpersonal Communication:
High confidence, self-love;
Psychopathic fearlessness, coldness, impulsivity, and thirst for stimulation;
Fraud and exploitation (power and strategy).
If one can "get out" of a certain situation and get rewarded, the psychopath will strive for it, regardless of the risks or negative effects.
Money, power, status and control are all representative characteristics of a company's directors.
Chapter Five: Turning Me Into a MentalLy Ill Man
On the one hand, the tendency to social violence is gradually decreasing; on the other hand, social psychosis is becoming more and more serious.
"Cultural authorities" promote a wide variety of psychopathies:
Reflect on moral misconduct in the field of culture. In this culture, truth is distorted by naked personal interests, and moral boundaries deviate far from the bottom line of conscience.
"Most psychopaths don't actually have violent tendencies, and they do more emotional harm than physical harm."
When we read a story, our interaction with the story is that we "use our brains to simulate the situations in the story," and then the brain will form a dynamic organic whole of these newly encountered situations based on our knowledge and experience in real life.
"Psychopathy is showing a trend of crazy spread. The more the psychopathy spreads, the more normal the psychopath's behavior becomes. ”
"As the social structure becomes more and more loose and the pace of society becomes faster, the next step of natural selection is to turn humans into psychopaths."
The fear space of the psychopath is blank:
We talk about gender, class, race, intelligence, and greed, but the most fundamental difference between people is definitely whether there is a conscience or not, and when people have everything, the only thing that is forgotten is conscience.
Chapter Six: Seven "Spiritual Magic Weapons" for Success
Ruthless, charismatic, focused, gritty, fearless, mindful, action
Is "mental illness" a medicine in modern society?
Charisma, focus, and ruthlessness are the three most obvious traits of psychopaths.
"What is really unbearable is not violence, but the threat from violence."
Chapter Seven: Extreme Composure