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Sep 2013
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Jon Ronson - Psychopaths Make the World ...

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
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Superficial charm, a tendency to be bored easily, a lack of empathy and remorse, coupled with a grandiose sense of self-worth: these are the hallmarks of the psychopath. After a look at the world around us, some investigative journalism that took him to prisons and CEO offices, Jon Ronson came to the conclusion that not only do these qualities characterise some of the most successful people in all spheres of life, perhaps there is at least a bit of the psychopath in us all.

Jon Ronson is a journalist, documentary filmmaker and nonfiction author whose work includes 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' and 'The Psychopath Test.'


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