What Makes a “Successful” Psychopath?
9 min readJun 5, 2019
A psychopath’s high impulsivity may facilitate success in crime.
People who study psychopathy have long speculated about whether there might be “successful” psychopaths-that is, people who have the core characteristics of psychopathy, yet somehow manage to succeed in exploiting others while avoiding punishment. However, despite great interest in them, real-life examples of “successful” psychopaths…