Why “sociopath” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
A fish doesn't always rot from the head but it does when the guy in charge has a long history of bullshit and majority voting rights Didn't he also want people's friends to also…
by alex1138 · Sep 2, 2026
> isn't this literally what a sociopath is? You act without caring what people think. I don't care when people are wrong about me and my moral compass is telling me what is righ…
by asveikau · Sep 1, 2026
Nah. Cook was simply too weak to resist enshittification. He was just another CEO. Steve Jobs was a sociopath and an absolutely terrible leader himself, but he was a different k…
by VCFundedGenYer · Sep 1, 2026
I don't think my friend is a sociopath. Perhaps 0 interest in justice is an exaggeration, or a matter of perspective, more like an average interest in it. At the end of the day,…
by bodge5000 · Sep 1, 2026
2010 for me. I mean they're continually fucking around with privacy settings. It shows. Things show up all the time that people didn't approve of/vet Zuckerberg is a sociop…
by alex1138 · Aug 31, 2026
My experience as a long time corporate software developer is an exceptionally heavy bias towards inaction. There always seems to be fear and hesitation towards any kind of pivot…
by austin-cheney · Aug 29, 2026
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Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "sociopath" over time.
Psychopathy, or psychopathic personality, is a personality construct characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, and persistent antisocial behavior, along with bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits. These traits are often masked by superficial charm and immunity to stress, which create an outward appearance of normality. Read more on Wikipedia