A brief excerpt from a YouTube video by Dr. Arthur Brooks defining the "dark triad" personality constellation. The speaker explains the three linked traits—narcissism (self-centeredness and need for attention), Machiavellianism (willingness to harm others to achieve personal goals), and psychopathy (low empathy and lack of remorse)—and emphasizes that together they describe people who prioritize themselves, will hurt others to get what they want, and feel little or no remorse.
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A dark triad person, or a person with the dark triad constellation of personality characteristics has these three Narcissism, which is to say, it's all about me. Everything is all about me. Everybody, look at me. I'm the most important person. Machiavellianism, which is a personality trait named for Niccolo Machiavelli, who wrote the prince about 700 years ago. And the concept is, it doesn't matter who you hurt if you're serving your own objectives. So. So that personality trait means, look, it's all about me, and if you get in my way, I'm willing to hurt you. The linchpin is the third part of the personality dark triad, which is psychopathy, traits of a psychopath. Now, that sounds like I'm talking about axe murderers. And that's not what I'm talking about here. I'm talking about people who simply are very low in empathy and don't feel remorse when they hurt you. Okay, so here's what we're talking about. A person with a dark triad personality is somebody who only thinks about themselves or primarily so who to get what they want or what, willing to hurt you. And when they hurt you, feel no remorse or empathy for doing so.
