Functional Psychopaths

There are “functional psychopaths” among us, different from their murderous counterparts who use their detached, unflinching and charismatic personalities to succeed in mainstream society, and in some fields of work most shockingly the more psychopathic individuals are more likely to succeed. We all possess psychopathic tendencies. It's a scale along which we all sit within varying degrees. The brilliant neurosurgeon who lacks empathy has more in common with a Ted Bundy than we'd like to believe, and that mugger in the parking lot lit very dimly may well in fact have the same nerveless poise as a titan of industry. Society as a whole is more psychopathic than it could ever be. Fearless, confident, charming, ruthless, and focused are all qualities that are tailor-made for success in the twenty-first century, and all of the above mentioned qualities are very dominant in every psychopath's personality. It is our much maligned dark side that often reveals the trump cards of success functional psychopaths conceal.