Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

Why do bad people do what they do? That is a fundamental question of criminology.

25 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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In this YouTube interview, host Nick Hutchison asks the guest (Speaker B) about the opening anecdote of his book, which recounts being bullied at age seven. The guest explains that the experience sparked an early, unfiltered curiosity about why people act the way they do, framing it as the fundamental question of psychology and criminology: why do bad people do what they do. This early seed of interest guided his educational and professional trajectory, eventually leading him to a career in the FBI and later to private-sector protective work. The conversation highlights how a personal childhood incident can ignite a lifelong pursuit of understanding criminal behavior and protecting others.

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You are a young guy and you sort of get punched in the back and you fall down and you look at a couple of bullies and you start to realize not everybody, even though they could be doing nice things to other people, not everybody chooses that pathway. So why did you decide to kick off the book with that story?
Well, it was the first time in my life I was about just turned 7 years old. So I was a child and kids have this innocent, authentic thought process. You know, they don't really filter their words or their thoughts, which is great. But when I was bullied a little bit by these 2 people, I remember thinking genuinely, And if you think about that question, it's really the fundamentals of psychology. Why do people do what they do? But even deeper, it's the fundamentals of criminology. Why do bad people do what they do? So that seed was planted, even though I didn't know what psychology was, criminology was. I was just genuinely interested. But the answers came throughout my childhood, adulthood, and then got really honed in when I was in the FBI, now in the private sector protecting people. So, Nick, you mentioned that you were a