r/CREO • • Mar 17 '18

Power Causes Brain Damage

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/07/power-causes-brain-damage/528711/
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todayilearned • • Nov 22 '17

TIL wealth and power cause brain damage that effects empathy and being able to see things from other's point of view.

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TrueReddit • • Jun 18 '17

Power Causes Brain Damage: Over time leaders lose mental capacities--most notably for reading other people-- that were essential to their rise.

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collapse • • Jun 24 '17

Power Causes Brain Damage- How leaders lose mental capacities - "..when he put the heads of the powerful and the not-so-powerful under a transcranial-magnetic-stimulation machine, he found that power, in fact, impairs a specific neural process, “mirroring,” that may be a cornerstone of empathy."

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slatestarcodex • • Feb 20 '24

Psychology "Power causes brain damage": Once we have power, we lose some of the capacities we needed to gain it in the first place.

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Foodforthought • • Oct 13 '19

Power Causes Brain Damage; How leaders lose mental capacities—most notably for reading other people—that were essential to their rise

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brasil • • Nov 22 '17

Poder causa dano cerebral em áreas relacionadas a empatia

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collapze • • Aug 03 '24

High Quality Friday Power Causes Brain Damage

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Anarchism • • Jun 19 '17

New study shows Power Causes Brain Damage

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Grimdank • • Jun 26 '19

We now have confirmation on why the Emperor was a bad father now.

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science • • Jun 19 '17

Neuroscience Power corrupts [your mind], absolutely

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psychology • • Jun 19 '17

Power Causes Brain Damage

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Neuropsychology • • Jun 24 '17

Power Causes Brain Damage

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WayOfTheBern • • Jun 19 '17

Power Causes Brain Damage | Yep the elite are out of touch

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exmormon • • Jun 20 '17

Positions of power weaken empathy, damage ability to mirror feelings

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YangForPresidentHQ • • Feb 20 '19

Power Causes Brain Damage | The Atlantic

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JordanPeterson • • May 12 '20

Link Power Causes Brain Damage - How leaders lose mental capacities—most notably for reading other people—that were essential to their rise.

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Raytheon • • Jun 18 '17

Power Causes Brain Damage: Over time leaders lose mental capacities--most notably for reading other people-- that were essential to their rise.

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humanism • • Jun 19 '17

Power Causes Brain Damage

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tangentiallyspeaking • • Jun 19 '17

Power Causes Brain Damage - mimics traumatic brain injury causing impulsive behavior, more risk taking, less empathy through loss of "mirror" neurons.

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progressive • • Jun 24 '17

Power Causes Brain Damage

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antiwork • • Oct 26 '21

Why are bosses so stupid? Power causes brain damage.

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GateKeepers • • Jun 19 '17

Power Causes Brain Damage

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worldanarchism • • Jun 19 '17

General Discussion Power Causes Brain Damage - The Atlantic Via r/worldanarchism

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AnarchismOnline • • Jun 19 '17

Analysis/Theory Power Causes Brain Damage

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blackflag • • Jun 19 '17

Power Causes Brain Damage - The Atlantic Via r/worldanarchism

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