Why do I feel like you need to be a sociopath to succeed?

Re:Why do I feel like you need to be a sociopath to succeed? by cosheaf on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @05:42PM (#30353881)

Because that's the correct intuition. The contemporary world is not designed for sane people. All the systems around us are designed to alienate people from each other with artificial intermediators like money, status, fame, and just generally useless toys and gadgets. To succeed in such a world you have to have sociopathic tendencies. You have to value material goods and possessions over people which is kinda insane when you really think about it.

There is an interesting interview with Brit Marling addressing some of these points about her time working at a bank (Goldman Sachs): https://duckduckgo.com/?q=brit+marling+goldman+sachs&t=ffab&....

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Re:Why do I feel like you need to be a sociopath to succeed? by drewcoo on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @10:18PM (#30355980)

> The contemporary world is not designed for sane people.

Sanity is defined by people who want to control the masses. The world is very much designed to contain sane people. Or people who can work in the world are declared sane. Something like those.

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Re:Why do I feel like you need to be a sociopath to succeed? by cosheaf on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @07:40AM (#30359267)

Correct and if you deviate from the standards then you will be medicated until you are subdued and willing to work for the machines destroying the habitability of the planet.

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