Exploring Mind and Social Dynamics

Kevin Dutton (@therealdrkev) is a psychologist and author known for his research on the psychology of evil and the science of charisma. His latest book is The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success. [This is part two of a two-part episode. Make sure to catch up with part one here!]

• How having a con artist father who never lost his cool sparked Kevin’s interest in understanding the mindset of the psychopath.
• What Kevin means when he says that psychopaths understand the “words but not the music” of emotion.
• Contrary to popular belief, psychopaths aren’t necessarily violent. They could be a surgeon or a killer, a firefighter or an arsonist. (Or even a professor or an ax murderer.)
• Why psychopaths are often excellent at persuasion and identifying weakness in others.
• What percentage of the population exhibits psychopathy, and how psychopaths can actually be useful for society.
• And much more…

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