Lex Fridman

That's fascinating.

So that's one important component of serial killers.

What else can we say about the psychology, what motivates them?

So if you look at some of the famous serial killers, Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, is there other things we can say about their psychology that motivates them?

So interesting, the tethered to reality.

I mean, loneliness is a part of the human condition.

It is, in fact, one of its side effects is you can get untethered.

And then with some of these brains, I guess, the untethered goes to some dark place.

Do you think all of us are capable of evil?

Of some of the things we label as evil?

Yeah, I really appreciate the way you think and the way you talk about this.

Listening to history, when I'm reading history books, I imagine myself doing the thing I'm reading about.

And I almost always can imagine that, when I'm being honest with myself.

And also I think it's useful to simulate or think through what it would take to say no in that situation.

Meaning once you're able to imagine yourself doing evil things, you have to imagine the difficult act of resisting, right?

A lot of people think they would resist in Nazi Germany.

Well, most people didn't.

And there's a reason for that.

It's not easy.

Same reason, I've seen this.