First a question to establish agreement of terms. What is narcissism? Self absorption. A condition in which someone exaggerates their own value, though I think underneath they are insecure. It’s from Narcissus who starved from doing nothing but looking at his reflection in the water. They have actually established that an animal runs serious risk of…

As strange and empty as narcissism can be, why is anyone ever a narcissist? What would lead someone to that attitude? Over blown success? We need to make up a story to rationalize the success? Let’s hypothesize for a moment, look at things from a theoretical, completely objective point of view. Looked at objectively, what…