Dang, that was a really good article. I agree with jhkim that we need more info on how to function as a "sociopath" without actually becoming one. It's too easy to say we need to learn their methods, but if we start off by not being good at what they do, then how do we get there. Without, in fact, becoming evil.
But this totally explains where the Satine Phoenix/Jamison Stone effect come from and why I, personally have been yearning to "get back to the start" with OSR inclinations, etc.