eli5: are psychopaths always dangerous?

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I never really met a psychopath myself but I always wonder if they are really that dangerous as portraied in movies and TV-shows.
If not can you please explain me why in simple words as I don’t understand much about this topic?

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The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson is an excellent read about this. You’ll never look at psychopathy the same way again.

Iirc, among other things, he suggests that many powerful and successful CEOs are psychopaths. And that it helps them be successful cos for example, they don’t feel bad in the slightest about laying off or screwing over tons of employees for profit.

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