“The attraction of Nietzsche to socially maladjusted young men” – such as the would-be assassin of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords – “is obvious, but it isn’t exactly simple. … If your social world fails to appreciate your singularity and tells you that you’re a loser, reading Nietzsche can steel you in your secret conviction that, no, I’m a genius, or at least very special, and everyone else is the loser.”