Lost at Sea | Jon Ronson | Talks at Google

Authors@GoogleNY is pleased to welcome Jon Ronson, author of "The Psychopath Test" as well as "Them" and "The Men Who Stare at Goats."
He will discuss his latest collection of essays entitled "LOST AT SEA". These pieces center on the idea of everyday people who find that ordinariness is not quite enough and look to the absurd to find whatever it is they think they're missing -- aliens, robots, game shows, hardcore Christian rap music, psychics...anything slightly out of the realm of the normal that might make a regular guy feel a little more alive.

[@zootsoot2006]

Which internet user ever slagged off Jon Ronson, he's the poster boy for neurotic geeks who can still be cool and likeable.

[@juliettejones6091]

I love Jon Ronson, can't wait to get his new book.

[@thomasthomasson2319]

I like that Jon suggests to a room of people at Google that tax evasion is due to psychopathy

[@shrimpfarmersunion]

He was supposed to promote his latest book "Lost at Sea" but I guessed he lost track of himself. This guy is quite the character...

[@quiltboy]

I think this talk has been mislabelled.

[@TheTricksterFigure]

While I was working for one big company my boss was 100% a psychopath.

[@paul74432]

I hope Jon Ronson isn't suggesting that ADHD is an 'invented' condition, because he seems to be doing exactly that. I have ADHD, I've suffered the symptoms all my life (it's a condition one's born with) but wasn't finally diagnosed until I was 55. It is a PHYSICAL MALFORMATION OF THE NEURONS IN THE BRAIN, it is NOT something somebody made up on the spur of the moment at some meeting where a load of psychiatrists were brain-storming ideas.

[@siracastori01]

The hatred of Freud of the guy who hates Freud is so so Freudian.

[@7r3v0r]

Freud must be rolling in his grave. Laughing.

[@XieYali]

An acquaintance of mine told me he was diagnosed as a sociopath as a child and also while serving in the army in Iraq. They trained him as a sniper and he told me he had absolutely no moral qualms about his job and how insidious other sociopaths were especially outside in civilian society.

[@rebekah7635]

Not sure who you are or where you met this guy, but they ALL say they were snipers, esp if they're trying to impress a girl in a bar. If everyone who said they were a sniper was a sniper, the armed forces would be 99% snipers and no logistics employees, cooks or mechanics. Probably still a sociopath but not likely to have been a sniper.

[@STOG01]

I can totally see this guy writing the men who stare at goats. PS I enjoyed the movie a lot :)

[@QuestionMySanityUK]

This has made me fall in love with him so much more :D

[@delightfullydotty7130]

My infj hero and the male version of me. Adore and worship thee.

[@JerjerB]

woah...good book...good man

[@stitcha123]

I love Jon Ronson.

[@zoyazosya]

If 1% is high than I should consider myself "lucky" to have met more than one psychopath during my short life?

[@PartVIII]

with regards to the last question, personally, i believe Robert Hare's statistic that roughly 1% of the population are psychopaths. just as with any other personality disorder, there are varying degrees of intensity within a wide range of observable traits. plus, it's almost counter-intuitive for the untrained psychologist to diagnose an "unethically outgoing" person as a psychopath. it's much easier to self-diagnose yourself as comparatively timid.

[@hannahmclaren9672]

I love this so much its very fascinating

[@trishtraynor]

I'm an Aspie. I totally get this guy.💖

[@leonblythe5109]

I like that this ended on a high

[@SophieBee1]

Interesting

[@ShabbaRanksMF]

Jon is a great northern man. As was The man with the papier-mâché head..... Frank Sidebottom.

[@mattsawyer343]

He’s actually from Cardiff! But I know where you’re coming from.

[@Tommybgoode]

he doesnt discuss Lost at Sea, this is all about the Psychopath test... Why so misleading?

[@CrayCrowman]

Good question Tommy.

[@quiltboy]

It's been mislabelled by Google.

[@PartVIII]

look at how Jon picks at the label during the Q & A.. i'm no psychologist, but that looks like a stereotypical case of generalized anxiety disorder

[@michaelhall5429]

He has a couple of anxiety disorders.

[@ciaracustard]

Sorry, I'm quite young and stuff like that sometimes goes over my head.

[@mouthebartender2072]

Klum n Rs

[@HeatIIEXTEND]

that's the joke -__