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[–] Coldcell@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Who would wilfully mingle with the broken genetics of a narcissist psychopath?

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Luckily narcissism isn’t inherited, it’s learned. But you know what else is inherited? Money.

That being said, I don’t have a lot of faith in the morals of a parent who’d have a kid for the money.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Narcissism (NPL) is inherited and it's not learned. It's a DSM condition.

If you mean just being a jerk, then that doesn't look like this. That looks like Eichmann.

[–] sanity_is_maddening@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

The DSM contains a wide range of disorders and illnesses, and just because one can find a diagnosis cataloged in the DSM does not mean it is naturally inherited or genetically predisposed. Any diagnostic deriving from trauma such as PTSD as a quick example would not fit genetic predisposition. But Narcissism can indeed derive from genetic predisposition if found in correlation with another clinical profile such as psychopathy, for instance, which research really found genetic predisposition for. Psychopathy will always contain Narcissism as a "feature" (for a lack of a better word) of the profile. But Narcissism as an isolated "feature" can be learned behaviour or accidentally re-enforced environmentally. Examples would be parents who immensely spoil an only child or learned behaviour by imitation in a setting, such as growing up in Hollywood, just to name two basic and obvious examples. Not to mention that sociopathic beahaviour is encouraged by capitalism, which is also intertwined with perceived Narcissism. It's a mess. Nature VS Nurture always is. This is all surface level of discussion, obviously. We could spend hours and hours on this. I hope I wasn't an annoyance though. Just thought to chime in between the two sides to say that is more nuanced than it is either one or the other.

As to this person in question... it's just another tech bro shitshow trainwreck of a human being. As to what is the Nature or the Nurture in this mess of an individual, I'm not so sure. These Silicon Valley like settings definitely attract these profiles, but it also definitely re-enforces this type of behaviour. Through mirroring or even peer pressure, emulation of behaviour can become inherent behaviour over time. So, who knows?

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