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#634 Authenticity - Dr Carolyn Kurle

Mental Illness Happy Hour

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The Evolution of Societies Littered With Psychopaths

One per cent of people have the traits of psychopathy. "Psychopaths" see humanity as a chessboard to squeeze things out of that make life feel worth living for them. The goal of evolution by natural selection is to get your genes into the next generation, right? And if you don't have empathy and you're getting your genes forward, then that's why we still have them because there must be some sort of evolutionary advantage," he says.

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