It’s certainly possible to make distinctions between jerks, narcissists and psychopaths (aka sociopaths). But how necessary is it? It’s certainly plausible to posit a continuum somewhere along which we locate jerk …

What psychopaths see when they see you depends greatly on what “mode” they’re in. When in a “gratification pursuit” mode, psychopaths will see you somewhat differently than when not—that is, they’ll see …

There’s a popular view of psychopaths as always operating behind “masks” and “facades;” as somehow engaged in perpetual states of disingenuousness; as “acting” in some form or another 24/7; that there’s nothing …