Perhaps you’re thinking of people who are antisocial? I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the Facebook members who are most active and have the most ‘friends’ are sociopaths.
I’m not talking about crime. Most sociopaths never commit any crimes and it’s not illegal to be a sociopath. That would be silly, like jailing someone for having red hair. Also, it’s quite possible that there are more sociopaths than there are people with red hair – estimates range from 1% to 4% of the population.
> "antisocial" and "sociopathy" are roughly the same thing.
When you look them up in the DSM (the big book of psychological disorders), it will seem that way. However, you can be antisocial or possess sociopathic traits without having a disorder. In general dictionaries, ’antisocial’ is synonymous to ’unsociable’. That’s how it’s most often used and that’s how I meant it.
> Perhaps you're thinking of people who are non-social?
I had never heard of that word. After Duckducking it, it seems to me that no one uses it. If I were to use another word, I’d probably go for ’asocial’.
Think of some the most successful people you know, have lots of friends, charming and charasmatic. Seems to do no work but gets to the top anyway? Always in press releases, and newspapers but the rest of the team gets no reconigtion? Good chance they're a sociopath. Sociopaths also tend to be good at getting funding for start ups ;)
