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The Airbnb Psychopath Test

The Airbnb Psychopath Test

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Clark Boyd
Feb 05, 2020
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Dear reader, I write to you from an Airbnb in Seville.

As such, I can proudly, triumphantly claim that I must have passed the Airbnb psychopath test.

As such, some unkind observers might claim that said test must be mighty forgiving in its definition of 'psychopath'.

Yes, this week we learned that Airbnb owns software that can perform background checks on …

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