Jordan Peterson: How to Spot Hidden Manipulators (Most People Miss These Signs) @JordanBPeterson

Peterson says that when attention can be exploited at zero cost and without accountability, psychopathic types come to dominate, so he hypothesizes a price barrier and separating verified from anonymous accounts would remove many of them.

Peterson says psychopaths watch you more than you watch them, test your gullibility with small lies, and mimic competent confidence or claim victimhood, citing Robert Hare's account of being convinced during interviews until he reviewed the videos.

Peterson argues that highly agreeable, empathic people tend to see sufferers as victims, which leaves them vulnerable to malevolent people who camouflage themselves as victims.

Peterson notes that self-consciousness is a facet of neuroticism, and says the cure is not to stop thinking about yourself but to aim at something beyond your own status, like the growth of a conversation.

He says people who haven't found their calling may not be attending to its micro manifestations, and recommends watching rather than assuming, for example by tracking your moods to see which activities help or hurt.