Modern Wisdom

#552 - Dr Kevin Dutton - Understanding The Wisdom Of Psychopaths

Nov 14, 2022

Dr. Kevin Dutton, a psychologist and elite performance consultant, explores the captivating traits of psychopathy and their surprising benefits in high-pressure environments like sports and aviation. He discusses how emotional control and focus can enhance effectiveness, and why penalty shootout timing affects success rates. The conversation delves into biases stemming from categorization, the influence of accents on social perception, and the dynamics of tribalism in today’s digital age. Dutton's insights offer a fresh perspective on misunderstood traits and their applications.

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Kevin Dutton

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The Limits of Persuasion

02:05

The Relationship Between Cognitive Complexity and Cognitive Closure

00:58

Precision in Profession: A Double-Edged Sword

00:31

SJW and Purity Spiral

00:39

Intro

5min

Understanding Psychopathy and Performance Under Pressure

18min

The Evolution of Categorization

18min

The Dynamics of Tribalism and Truth in the Digital Age

3min

The Art of Persuasion: Lessons from a Con Artist Father

16min

The Power and Perils of Language

17min

An Insightful Conversation on Psychopathy and Success

2min

Dr Kevin Dutton is a psychologist, author, and elite performance consultant whose research focuses on persuasion and social influence, psychopathic personality and elite cognition.

Psychopaths get a bad rap. Perhaps understandably. They have a branding problem to say the least. But there are some personality traits like emotional control, focus, drive and single-mindedness that elite performers can model off of psychopaths to improve their effectiveness.

Expect to learn how psychopathy exists at all, why teams kicking second in a penalty shootout have a 30% greater chance of missing, why psychopath pilots in world war 2 didn't make it home even though they won their fights, how different accents can be more prejudiced against than different races, why splitting the world into categories creates a foundation for huge biases to occur and much more...

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