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#357 – Paul Conti: Narcissism, Sociopathy, Envy, and the Nature of Good and Evil
Lex Fridman Podcast
Root of Justifying Evil
The speaker believes that people justify evil actions as good or acceptable, but in reality, it all stems from the gratification of envy inside a person, which arises from vulnerability and insecurity. Whether one approves of or enjoys a negative outcome, the underlying gratification of orchestrated evil is the same. The speaker connects this to deficits in the sense of self and suggests that envy underlies it all, akin to putting oneself in the mind of Hitler.
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