Pros & Cons
Pros
Ronson also looks at psychopathy as evidenced in the captains of industry. Great exploration of psychopathy and classification by apa. Some points made in the book that allude to some deep meaning and require additional thoughtful contemplation and an... Read More
I recommend it, but its interest is anecdotal rather than scientific. As a student of psychology, my professor always reminds me that the majority determines what’s normal and norm.
Cons
It's sporadic and not at all inclusive' - reviewer.
He says psychopathy would make it impossible for someone to make it to the top of any field, including politics. But ronson says it's possible for someone with psychopathy to become a politician.
Ronson's book is a very quick and entertaining read, but his research on psychopathy is so poorly done as to be laughable. Ronson claims to be a journalist but it's ronson randomly interviewing people and then saying he found himself on his own power ... Read More
Al dunlap is a self aggrandizing man. He closed many factories and fired a lot of people at sunbeam.
Highlights
Quality
I came away both satisfied with the conclusions and questioning what i thought i knew.
I love the part with the end of thetest because it tells you after you read how many yes's you get, to not worry about being a ... Read More
The book’s overall is not too bad.
Competitiveness
I got that—and a huge trip through being a non-believer, to a hare prodigy, then to an opinion tempered with experience.
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I am a christian scientist not a scientologist and think psychiatry intrudes on religion
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I am not so sure we should be using checklists to profile people and to tag with labels
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Morality is relative to a degree so the list itself is subjective
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I might make the argument that it might be naive to think in this manner
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I’m not sure if i liked how manic the book read or not
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The author who suffers from anxiety wrote the book in a style that was very manic and anxiety driven it made you want to read fast but at times sometimes you just wanted to stop enjoy the book rather than power through at the pace of the authors tempo
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Would like to have seen a deeper comparison of sociopathy and psychopathy