Dark Triad
topic on 1 show · 9 statements across 2 episodes
9 statements about Dark Triad, every show
Brooks: Dating apps funnel 80% of overtures to dark triad men
“80% of the overtures toward men go to 10% of the male population, and those are not the right guys. Those are a lot of dark triads. The dark triads are the ones who show the best in every format, including in, in, in dating profiles.”
Brooks: Dark triad employees are selfish, unproductive, and toxic
“Get rid of your dark triads, because by the way, they're also unproductive. They're also not good workers, because they're doing things for themselves that are selfish, and nobody wants to work with them, and they're making everybody miserable around them.”
Brooks: Dark Triad personalities cannot be changed without personal buy-in
“The problem is that narcissists don't want to change. The problem is not that you can't change them. The problem is that you actually need them to buy into the process. And if they don't, because they don't want to change, you're not going to change them invol…”
Brooks: Anonymous internet posters are overwhelmingly likely Dark Triad personalities
“Do you like to post anonymously on the internet? Because the answer is yes, you're overwhelmingly likely to be talking to a dark triad. You're overwhelmingly likely to be talking to a pathological personality, somebody who really likes to stir up trouble and h…”
Brooks: Dark Triad personalities are disproportionately social activists
“There's a really interesting papers that we've seen recently, the dark triads, they're disproportionately social activists.”
Brooks: About 7% of the population qualifies as Dark Triad personalities
“To be just above the population average across all three, then you're going to be in about seven percent of the population, you'll be deemed a dark triad”
Brooks: Dark Triad personalities perform exceptionally well on dating apps and early dates
“In generally speaking, dark triads, they present very favorably. They're very successful in the dating market. For example, they do unbelievably well on the apps. They do really well on early or, you know, The first and second dates. They do incredibly well be…”
Brooks: Virtuous victimhood and grievance bullying are classic Dark Triad behaviors
“Virtuous victimhood is the phenomenon in which leaders will get their prestige from the grievance that they get from particular victimhood status, and that virtuousness will turn into a form of bullying. That's a classic dark triad form of behavior, and we see…”
Brooks: Dark Triad personality traits appear in 7% of the population
“And this happens, by the way, in seven percent of the population. No joke. Scott Barry Kaufman, who has that wonderful psychology podcast, he's sort of the world's leading expert on the prevalence. He's, he'd be a great guest, actually. So the prevalence of th…”