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Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny, like with childhood bipolar disorder in the U.S.
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There’s definitely evidence that capitalism at its most ruthless rewards psychopathic behavior. When you look at the worst corners of the American health insurance industry or the sub-prime banking market, it really feels like the more psychopathically someone behaves, the more it’s rewarded.
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I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something – and you get this a lot in academia, of course, and also different sorts of journalism too – you’re going to sweep under the carpet the facts that don’t suit your thesis. And I think that happens quite a lot in the courtroom, for instance.
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Birth: | 10th May, 1967 |
Nationality: | Welsh |
Profession: | Author, Documentary Filmmaker, Screenwriter |
Jon Ronson was born in Cardiff, Wales. He is a Welsh author, documentary filmmaker and screenwriter. He earned a degree in Media Studies at the Polytechnic of Central London. He directed several documentary films include: The Secret Rulers of the World (documentary series) and Stanley Kubrick's Boxes. He has written several films include: Stanley Kubrick's Boxes (documentary film), Frank, and Okja. He has written several books include: Them: Adventures with Extremists, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Out of the Ordinary, The Psychopath Test, Lost at Sea, Frank, and So You've Been Publicly Shamed.
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