
120 Wild West 2.0
Sociopathy and Inexplicable Motivations
We all experience many freakish and
unexpected events.
—ACTOR VIGGO MORTENSEN
Not all intentional attacks can be easily explained. Sometimes, pure
antipathy or sociopathy spurs people to attack each other, online or
offline. For example, the horrific actions taken by many serial
killers cannot be explained through anything other than pure anti-
social motivations. Most online attacks are far less dramatic, but
many online attacks still defy explanation other than a pure desire
to hurt others. While rare, these attacks are extremely dangerous be-
cause the attacker is unlikely to respond to reas ...