Is the world being run by psychopaths?

I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it. – John Lennon (1940-1980), English singer and songwriter. Lennon and others externalise the apparent paranoia that wells up inside us. read more

The question is not the capacity to function, but rather what capacity or form that function takes. As Thomas says, psychopaths and sociopaths share an intertwined clinical history; both can function, they just do so differently. And though we are left to muse on what mask that function may take, in many social situations they excel. read more