Narcissists and Psychopaths on the Internet

Posted on July 25, 2008 - Filed Under Internet | Leave a Comment

The Internet attracts an inordinate amount of narcissists and psychopaths.

Interview granted to Misty Harris of CanWest on February 23, 2005

Q. How might technology be enabling narcissism, particularly for the Internet generation?

A. To believe that the Internet is an unprecedented phenomenon with unique social implications is, in itself, narcissistic. The Internet is only the latest in a long series of networking-related technological developments. By definition, technology is narcissistic. It seeks to render us omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent - in other words, Godlike.

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