https://medium.com/storyangles/dark-traits-show-up-every-day-b23d87040132

Dark traits shape everyday behavior more than we think. Learn how subtle narcissism, manipulation, and detachment show up in daily life.

#darktraits #DarkTriads #medium #humannature #humanbehavior #psychology #life

@kiffiethedreamer

While I find that a mature stance, I can see various exceptions from this rule:

"I'm going to go and associate with that person and make my own mind up."

Never talk to Nazis or Russian bots. You're giving them a platform.
The same holds true for agents provocateurs.

Another category to avoid are #DarkTriads, a particular kind of toxic people (alas, about 1/14,) with whom there is no constructive way to sozialize and many of whom are emotionals parasites.

Criminals, too.

@kinetix

I have been looking at #DarkTriads for some years now (on and off.)
They dominate most people's lives. It is so amazing, that even psychogists sometimes have not heard of them.

If you start with my oldest linked article (a short one,) many things will fall into place.

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๐Ÿ‘‰Compulsory #psychologic testing for public officials๐Ÿ‘ˆ
*Like Moths to the Flame--The Rise of the #Pathocracy*

(12/12)

...of millions of people and there progeny would have lived, making their, now lost forever, contributions to mankind. --7% #DarkTriads, you say? Well, yes, but using the #Confucian aptitude tests, most could have been filtered out, I'd reply. ๐Ÿ˜‰

//

The last mentioned article is a #GoodRead:

https://theconversation.com/how-to-stop-psychopaths-and-narcissists-from-winning-positions-of-power-158183

How to stop psychopaths and narcissists from winning positions of power

Why companies (and political parties) should screen leadership candidates for psychopathy and narcissism.

The Conversation

@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_

#DarkTriads / #DarkTetrads articles

(3/3)

...--> see also the titles of the references below "Dark Tetrads...":

"Examining the Short Dark Tetrad (SD4) Across Models, Correlates, and Gender"

"The Dark is Rising: Contrasting the Dark Triad and Light Triad on Measures of Political Ambition and Participation"

"The tangled webs we wreak: Examining the structure of aggressive personality using psychometric networks"

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#DarkTriads / #DarkTetrads articles

(2/3)

...observational data, the dark subtype was most prevalent and associated with longer tenure in political office, though less legislative success. Results suggest that human nature reflects both light and dark features, serving affiliative (pro-social) and dominance (pro-self) functions, ๐Ÿ‘‰ with subtype prevalence varying considerably based on profession."๐Ÿ‘ˆ 1)

...

1)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S019188692030310X

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#DarkTriads / #DarkTetrads articles

(1/2)

"Yes, one in fourteen is a #dark
Dark Triads counted for about one in 14 people [7%] in an international population 1) sample, a proportion that means all of us will meet them on a regular basis in love, in work, in politics, andโ€”most obviouslyโ€”on social media. " 2)

2)
https://archive.md/NjmrS#selection-969.50-973.144

"However, in a third sample of U.S. Senators (N = 143), based on...

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#DarkTriads

(2/2)

...the Chinese court of the time, would-be official had to face hard tests designed by #Confucious to sort out the #DarkTriads, as we would call them today.

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@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_

#DarkTriads

(1/2)

Still not sure what the abbreviation #SD3 stands for, but you seem to be using it synonymously for #DarkTriad.

An expert on #China recently pointed me to this key figure in history:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heshen

He seems to have been the most corrupt #DarkTriad in history--so far.

Your conclusion is age-old wisdom for the Chinese. A friend of mine recently mentioned this:

https://mastodon.net2o.de/@forthy42/113952069210198443

At...

Heshen - Wikipedia

@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_

No, not quite. - If you check into the #Atlantic article, a #DarkTriad becomes a #DarkTetrad if a person also is a #Sadist, too.

In other words, a #DarkTriad will be a subset of a #DarkTetrad, but not all #DarkTriads (quite a few, actually) will be #DarkTetrads, too. ,)