Agree, these posts are excellent. For what it’s worth, I share Gwern’s pessimistic conclusion about the treatment of psychopathy. Other Dark Tetrad traits—especially if they are less pronounced—might be more amenable to treatment though I’m not especially optimistic.
However, even if effective treatment options existed, the problem remains that the most dangerous individuals are unlikely to ever be motivated to seek treatment (or be forced to do so).
Nice post!
Here are a couple additional posts that I think are worth checking out by Gwern:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ktr39MFWpTqmzuKxQ/notes-on-psychopathy
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Ft2Cm9tWtcLNFLrMw/notes-on-the-psychology-of-power
Thank you!
Agree, these posts are excellent. For what it’s worth, I share Gwern’s pessimistic conclusion about the treatment of psychopathy. Other Dark Tetrad traits—especially if they are less pronounced—might be more amenable to treatment though I’m not especially optimistic.
However, even if effective treatment options existed, the problem remains that the most dangerous individuals are unlikely to ever be motivated to seek treatment (or be forced to do so).