I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something - and you get this a lot in academia, of course, and also different sorts of journalism too - you're going to sweep under the carpet the facts that don't suit your thesis. And I think that happens quite a lot in the courtroom, for instance.

At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that.

In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.

Ever since I learnt about confirmation bias I've started seeing it everywhere.

Sometimes the personalities at the helm of the madness industry are, with their drives and obsessions, as mad in their own way as those they study. And that relatively ordinary people are, more and more, defined by their maddest edges.

Capitalism, perhaps at its most remorseless, is a physical manifestation of psychopathy.

I heard a story about her once,' said James. 'She was interviewing a psychopath. She showed him a picture of a frightened face and asked him to identify the emotion. He said he didn't know what the emotion was but it was the face people pulled just before he killed them.