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25 Nov, 6 tweets, 1 min read
Thread: I don't normally write about things like this, but...
You know how one of the most popular dystopian futures is the one in which a super computer created to lead and protect humanity destroys humanity "because it was the best course of action based on the available data"?
Imagine if you had a situation in which psychopaths made decisions. Decisions based on advice and data provided by people on autistic spectrum. Decisions which were then promoted by psychopaths and enforced by psychopaths...
Kevin Dutton, a British psychologist and writer, specialises in the study of psychopathy. In his book "The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success," he made a list of the types of jobs that attract the most psychopaths...
So what are these "psychopath professions"? In order of preference (by psychopaths):

1. CEO
2. Lawyer
3. Media person (TV, Radio)
4. Sales person
5. Medical consultants
6. Journalist
7. Police officer
8. Priest
9. Chef
10. Civil servant
Applied behavior analysis programs guide in "5 Good Career Choices for People With Autism Spectrum Disorder" lists these three:

Computer Programming and Software
Scientist, Lab Technician, or Researcher
Journalism
I will just leave this here...

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