Podcast
The Daily Stoic
It explores the complexities of how power affects individuals, examining whether corruptible people seek power or if power itself is the corrupting influence. The author interviewed various figures, including exiled tyrants and gang leaders, to gain insights into the dynamics of power.
Do corruptible people seek power? Does power corrupt, does power reveal the answer? Is all of the above?
— Episode: Brian Klaas on the Pursuit of Power and...
Episode: Brian Klaas on the Pursuit of Power and How It Cor...
It explores the complexities of how power affects individuals, examining whether corruptible people seek power or if power itself is the corrupting influence. The author interviewed various figures, including exiled tyrants and gang leaders, to gain insights into the dynamics of power.
Do corruptible people seek power? Does power corrupt, does power reveal the answer? Is all of the above?
if you were thrust into the position of being the dictator of Turkmenistan or North Korea, how would you change?
He says that power doesn't corrupt. He says that's too simple. What power does is reveal.
But the important thing is to figure out which one refers to which person or which system.