238. Brian Klass — Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How it Changes Us
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Standford Prison Experiment
Zombardo: I tend to think that most people are decent and good. And i also am pretty optimistic about our ability to build structures that bring out the best in people. But when you dangle the prospect of being a prison guard, you're going to get a different kind of person volunteering to do that than if you dangled the prospect of just a normal experience. So not bad apples so much as bad apple barrels that rot the system and the apples in it. It's funny, ecause there'shere's this paradox about me and about my book, which is that i end up gravitating towards some really awful people who did some really awful things.
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