The Lack Of Human Compassion Is Staggering

[Baron2024]

5. I Think

I think that maybe one in five has sociopathic tendencies or is sociopath adjacent. The number of full blown sociopaths is significantly lower. I used to work with people with Bipolar Disorder and other mental health conditions. There are all sorts of varieties of people with these conditions. Many are decent people, some are not.

But statistically a small but regular number of people would show up that I would call empathy impaired. These people were often glib about the suffering of others but thought very highly of themselves. So there is a substantial number of these types of people. Luckily I only had to deal with most of them one on one, where they are easier to manage. If they start appearing in groups, that is when the trouble starts.