Revisionist History Presents: The Limits of Power
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
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The Principle of Legitimacy
Malcolm Gladwell: How you punish is as important as the act of punishing itself. When people in authority want us to behave, it matters how they behave, he says. He says getting criminals and insurgents to behave turns out to be dependent on legitimacy. Gladwell: The decision about whether to rob a bank or shoot someone seems very different.
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