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Ronson also looks at psychopathy as evidenced in the captains of industry and dares to ask if those who make it big in politics might even fit the standards set by robert d. Laing. Great exploration of psychopathy and classification by apa. Well worth... Read More
Book riot's 2019 read harder challenge is a book by a journalist or about journalism. Life is manufactured. Fascinating and thought-provoking. And pursued satisfactory answers.
I got hooked on the idea of this book. You learn while it reads as easy as a fictional book. There are a few parts that do get a little bit boring but not for long stretches.
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The book is self-contradicting because many of the psychopathic characteristics explained earlier would be insurmountable barriers to anyone making it to the top of any domain. Ronson also manages to make scientologists come out on top in his short qu... Read More
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This book has a very natural flow and kept me both interested and intrigued.
An extremely smart person recommended it to me, so it makes sense it is smart, eloquent, clever, and insightful.
It started out making sense in a reasonable way but then suddenly, about 2/3 of the way through the book, there were fingernail... Read More
I zipped through this merrily in 2 days.
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- This product had a total of 11,509 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 24 2024.
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The book analyzes both sides of psychiatry
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In one chapter it talked about how in the 80s or 90s a checklist of mental disordersillnesses were published and most of the publications were from regular people instead of doctors or scientists
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It was good because people can diagnose themselves and give a name to a condition they had and get help for it
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At the same time it spiked the diagnoses of autism and bipolar disorder in children when they were just hyper kids
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But the novel shows that just because you have a list doesn’t mean you know everything about the subject
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There are sections where it talks about doctors trying to teach psychopaths how to feel and one thought he did it
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But he only made it easier for the psychopaths to copy the emotions but not feel them
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I wished there were some interviews with nonviolent psychopaths
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