http://www.cracked.com/article_18777_5-scientific-reasons-powerful-people-will-always-suck.html
Thought this was an interesting read, some of this might fit in with political science. However, I don't know if all of these statements are necessarily true. Discuss.
Schools are labour camps.
eliotn: http://www.cracked.com/article_18777_5-scientific-reasons-powerful-people-will-always-suck.html Thought this was an interesting read, some of this might fit in with political science. However, I don't know if all of these statements are necessarily true. Discuss.
Not sure if power and self-absorption are bad things. Plus I wouldn't call it scientific, just plain common sense that they're linked, lol.
1 reason you shouldn't take crap like this seriously: bogus references.
"1 reason you shouldn't take crap like this seriously: bogus references."
Yeah good point. The thing that seemed off to me was that they used psychological experiments, where there are always the potential for errors. Also, the random deductions. But I think austrian economics has better answers, many of the people in power suck in government or corporate government relationships, because of perverse incentives and no checks against their power, whereas it isn't so in the free market.