Just found the above titled article, from the NYTimes. It’s lengthy but thought provoking, accompanied by amazing artwork by Kate MacDowell. Her portfolio is more brash than what is pictured here but definitely worth a peek.
READ ON @ NYTimes
At the same time, found an article that would accompany the NYTimes article, this one about How Power Corrupts. One interesting quote from the link:
Jonah Lehrer describes the neurological mechanism:
Once we become socially isolated, we stop simulating the feelings of other people.* As a result, our inner Machiavelli takes over, and our sense of sympathy is squashed by selfishness. The UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner has found that, in many social situations, people with power act just like patients with severe brain damage. “The experience of power might be thought of as having someone open up your skull and take out that part of your brain so critical to empathy and socially-appropriate behavior,” he writes. “You become very impulsive and insensitive, which is a bad combination.”
READ ON @ The Atlantic
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