The Economics of Spam

ISPs, spam monitoring services, and governments in the rich industrialized world react by placing entire countries – such as Macedonia and Costa Rica – on black lists and, thus denying access to their users en bloc.

The Psychology of Torture

The tortured develop compulsive rituals to fend off obsessive thoughts. Other psychological sequelae reported include cognitive impairment, reduced capacity to learn, memory disorders, sexual dysfunction, social withdrawal, inability to maintain long-term relationships, or even mere intimacy, phobias, ideas of reference and superstitions, delusions, hallucinations, psychotic microepisodes, and emotional flatness.

The Misanthropic Altruist

Most narcissists confine their giving to money and material goods. Their munificence is an abusive defence mechanism, intended to avoid real intimacy.