A quest for significance gone horribly wrong – how mass shooters pervert a universal desire to make a difference in the world
- Written by Arie Kruglanski, Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland
A memorial to the victims of the mass shooting at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket.Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesAgonizing questions are being raised by the recent tragic shooting incident in Buffalo, New York, where 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron is alleged to have shot 10 people dead and wounded three. As in the recent...