After having unrestricted access to bulletin board systems and the internet since being 10 years old, I have to say with some disappointment that if the dark triad personality type is on the rise, it has to be related to what is now unrestricted free internet for everyone.<p>The current version of the internet having been commercialized and available everywhere creates a sort of machine learning feed back loop for narcissism just like it does with fake news.<p>We all became the evil queen from Snow White in varying forms. Except the mirror evolved and became halfway sentient and began controlling us.<p>If you look at the DSM-5 example of Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) it describes the behaviors and outcomes that we have seen with increased social media addiction.<p>So the theory is that the internet is a dangerous addiction like any other, far more than people want to admit... Certainly more than the people who helped create it want to admit. All you have to do is look around society to see the impact.