You're More Powerful than You Think

You're More Powerful than You Think

A Citizen's Guide to Making Change Happen

Eric Liu

What these studies show, in the aggregate, is that with greater relative power comes greater sociopathy: more self-centeredness, increased sensitivity to affront, a sense of entitlement, a belief that high status is not just deserved but natural, deep ignorance about people with less power, a lack of inhibition and respect for social norms.
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