4/ Persuaders focus on overtly influencing others' idea of what's important. Sociopaths prefer to manipulate context.
14/ Finally, what separates assholes who find religion from those who find science is, I think, a function of shame/guilt.
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15/ Perspective offered by larger-than-human suddenly devalues your gains and highlights others' pains that resulted from past assholery
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16/ Summary: if you were raised in comfort, you started out an asshole. If you are a persuader, you're now just a skilled asshole...
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@vgr Lately (last 50 years) it has also become harder to start a (non-murderous) religious cult than it is to start a technological cultThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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