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Ep21 "How far would you follow authority?"

Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman

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The Lucifer Effect: How Human Behavior Matters

The Stanford prison experiment was shut down early after the prisoners and guards fell into their roles. The community was shocked by what had just transpired in this experiment, because these were normal young men who ended up behaving so differently. To understand how humans behave, you have to understand more than their disposition. You have to understand the whole system they're in.

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