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There’s an interesting take[0] on defensive mechanisms societies have apparently evolved in order to detect a psychopath in their midst in daily life without having to know that person for a long time.

[0] https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2016/05/05/dares-costly-signals-a... on dares and costly signals, also discussing The Psychopath Code by late Pieter Hintjens.




interesting, you should submit this as a top level post


What? The zeromq guy died?


Yes. He was diagnosed with lung cancer and chose euthanasia. http://hintjens.com/blog:115 and https://twitter.com/hintjens/status/783254242052206592




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