woensdag 17 maart 2021

Power Corrupts

“Power tends to corrupt,” said Lord Acton, the 19th-century British historian. “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” His maxim has been vividly illustrated in psychological studies, notably the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, which was halted when one group of students arbitrarily assigned to serve as “prison guards” over another group began to abuse their wards.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-power-corrupts-37165345/


@SigridKaag

Wat een prachtige avond. Jullie steun aan onze idealen en ideeën is overweldigend. Mijn dank is groot. Ik feliciteer uiteraard ook de andere winnaars van vanavond. Nu aan de slag, de toekomst wacht niet. Foto: Martijn Beekman

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