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Guilded Lilly
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February 18, 2018
We haven’t had a leader, a decent human being, a grown man in The White House since the day Barack Obama’s term was over.
Joshua Dubois: What The President (Barack Obama) Secretly Did at Sandy Hook Elem. School...
https://voxpopulisphere.com/2015/12/11/10733/?share=email&nb=1We haven’t had a leader, a decent human being, a grown man in The White House since the day Barack Obama’s term was over.
February 14, 2018
Enlightening article by Olga Khazan from Jan. 2016
Highlighting an interview with the author of “The Confidence Game”, Maria Konnikova.
It’s the cretin in the White House to the core.
In particular, her explanation of the “dark triad”...
(Snipped excerpt):
“Konnikova: The dark triad is three things, obviously, including psychopathy, the inability to feel emotion in the way that normal people do. It’s kind of a lack of empathy. Your brain is actually different, you process emotional stimuli differently. To you, they don’t mean that much. It’s very difficult for a non-psychopath to understand, but basically everything that would really make you emotionally engaged would leave you cold as a psychopath, so that’s one part of it.
The second part is narcissism, this overblown ego where you not only think you’re just the best thing that’s ever happened to anyone, but you also think you deserve a lot. You deserve basically everyone to bow down to you. And you have it coming to you, all these good things. So if you notice a lot of the con artists in the book, they want shortcuts, they don’t want to work hard for their rewards, because they think they deserve them. They are people who steal credentials because they don’t feel like getting a Ph.D. But they think they’re smarter than the people with Ph.D.s.
Finally, it's Machiavellianism, or the ability to manipulate people into doing what you want. Kind of like Machiavelli’s Ideal Prince, you have your own ends and you use whatever means you want to get there. And you’re very good at tricking those people and getting them to do what you want.“
More of the interview at link.
Can You Spot a Liar? Enlightening article about con artists...
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/01/can-you-spot-a-liar/423588/Enlightening article by Olga Khazan from Jan. 2016
Highlighting an interview with the author of “The Confidence Game”, Maria Konnikova.
It’s the cretin in the White House to the core.
In particular, her explanation of the “dark triad”...
(Snipped excerpt):
“Konnikova: The dark triad is three things, obviously, including psychopathy, the inability to feel emotion in the way that normal people do. It’s kind of a lack of empathy. Your brain is actually different, you process emotional stimuli differently. To you, they don’t mean that much. It’s very difficult for a non-psychopath to understand, but basically everything that would really make you emotionally engaged would leave you cold as a psychopath, so that’s one part of it.
The second part is narcissism, this overblown ego where you not only think you’re just the best thing that’s ever happened to anyone, but you also think you deserve a lot. You deserve basically everyone to bow down to you. And you have it coming to you, all these good things. So if you notice a lot of the con artists in the book, they want shortcuts, they don’t want to work hard for their rewards, because they think they deserve them. They are people who steal credentials because they don’t feel like getting a Ph.D. But they think they’re smarter than the people with Ph.D.s.
Finally, it's Machiavellianism, or the ability to manipulate people into doing what you want. Kind of like Machiavelli’s Ideal Prince, you have your own ends and you use whatever means you want to get there. And you’re very good at tricking those people and getting them to do what you want.“
More of the interview at link.
February 11, 2018
Great to see so much love being given! Thanks for my 💕 !
February 3, 2018
Definition of the day: Trumpery...
No lie.
http://origin-mwebserp.dictionary.com/browse/trumpery
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