Let me add a slightly different perspective & pose some questions... First, fully agree with the sentiment of the other commenters. I think the article glorif

Let me add a slightly different perspective & pose some questions... First, fully agree with the sentiment of the other commenters. I think the article glorifies and glamorizes behavior that shouldn't be encouraged and is, as someone put it, evolutionarily disadvantageous (game theory at play - see Dawkins / The Selfish Gene, etc. ;) The best thing I got out of the article, though, is actually the behavior descriptions and character identification. We should be all be aware that there are sociopaths out there and be cognizant of the damage they can cause to our start-ups and personal lives. I recently (and, thankfully briefly) dated a woman who fits the description and behavior patterns frighteningly to a T. Not a laywer, but a someone pretty deeply embedded in Silicon Valley. Charming, witty, but emotionless and hugely self-aggrandizing (among other of the noted behaviors...) I'm sure people like that can be found in all parts of society, but part of me wonders whether there's a part of the tech / Silicon Valley culture that attracts sociopaths -- lots of awkward nerds susceptible to charm overload, easy access to a mouthpiece and validation feedback loop through Twitter ("I have 50k followers - I'm clearly a huge deal"), an entrepreneurial culture that gives leeway to potentially hand-wavey careers ("I'm starting a company"), etc. So some questions - what do we do with with the "high functioning" sociopaths that we come across? What's their place? Are they to be shunned? Are they to be acknowledged & "noted" (i.e. as warning signs) but otherwise left in place? What if you find you've hired one? What if you find you're living with one? Etc. Curious to hear thoughts and opinions...