Strange answers to the psychopath test | Jon Ronson | TED

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Strong rec warent · 2021-01 · on “Theranos destroyed subpoenaed SQL blood test database, prosecutors say”

There's a mind bending TED Talk on this which really opened my mind on this topic: [this video] I highly recommend checking it out. In my opinion it is one of the greatest talks of all time and it gave me goosebumps. But if you are really busy, a summary is that everyone has varying degrees of psychopathy that make a gray area in between extreme labels.

Recommends prakhar897 · 2021-08 · on “Ask HN: What are some of the best non-technical talks of all time?”

Here's mine: 1. Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams [LINK] 2. Strange answers to the psychopath test | Jon Ronson [this video] 3. The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology | Pranav Mistry [LINK] 4. Steve Jobs MIT Class: What he learnt after he was fired from Apple? [LINK] 5. Eric Liu: Why ordinary people need to understand power [LINK] 6. Peter Lynch 1994 Lecture [LINK]

Cites brezelgoring · 2022-10 · on “Private Prisons Are Behind the Push for Homeless Criminalization”

Jon Ronson, a journalist, told a story[0] about a guy he interviewed in an Asylum that had pretended to be crazy to get out of a minor crime (I think shoplifting). The promise to the Judge was, you do a month of psych ward, get some counseling, and get out. "Sweet!" he said, "Better than doing a year in the can for stealing". His psychiatrist branded him a sociopath and put him on some pills that he, a liar, didn't need. They changed him for the worse, a sane man entered the asylum and day after day he was turning into a raving lunatic. "I'm not crazy!", he said - but that was only more fuel for the doctors, as it was clearly something a crazy man would say to get out. The attitude around he