Connor Beaton argues that the best spies aren't made by tradecraft alone. They're people with childhood trauma who crave validation and belonging, which makes them loyal to the CIA. The agency actively recruits these profiles because their need for purpose keeps them committed.
What does make a good spy? Like what actually makes somebody who's competent in this area the vast majority of neurotypical people with an average IQ can be trained the competent skills of becoming a spy. The true magic about what makes a good spy is outside of the actual specific competency skills themselves. So one of the things that CIA looks for is a history of childhood trauma because an individual who has a history of childhood trauma is the kind of individual where when they become an adult meaning when their cognitive brain has matured past puberty and they are self identifying that's an individual who seeks external validation. That's a person who looks for approval from an outside source. They look to belong to some kind of group. They look to have some kind of purpose. Will that make for a very good secret stealer? A good secret stealer lies to everyone in the world except the one organization that they feel like they need validation from and that's what makes a good spy.
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