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THE MACHINE THAT REWARDS COLDNESS OVER KINDNESS FOR POWER
THE FIRST THREE PARTS SHOWED WHAT POWER DOES TO A BRAIN
NOW WE FOLLOW THAT BRAIN INTO THE BUILDING
INTO THE OFFICE AND THE BOARDROOMS
THESE ARE PLACES BUILT TO SORT PEOPLE
OFTEN THE SORTING ISN’T THE KINDEST
SOMETIMES IT REWARDS THE COLDEST INDIVIDUALS
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OKAY BACK FROM THE BOARDROOM 💼
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THE LADDER THAT REWARDS COLDNESS 🪜
A CORPORATION IS A SORTING MACHINE DRESSED AS A CAREER
EACH RUNG ASKS WHO GETS TO CLIMB AND WHO GETS LEFT
THE TRAITS THAT CLIMB ARE NOT ALWAYS THE WARM ONES
DECISIVENESS GETS REWARDED EVEN WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE COLDNESS
CUTTING PEOPLE LOOSE GETS CALLED STRONG LEADERSHIP
RESEARCH BY ROBERT HARE AND PAUL BABIAK FOUND PSYCHOPATHIC TRAITS SHOW UP MORE OFTEN IN SENIOR RANKS
NOT BECAUSE CRUELTY IS REQUIRED TO LEAD
RATHER BECAUSE A SYSTEM THAT REWARDS CHARM AND NERVE LETS THEM SLIP THROUGH
THE BRAIN AT THE TOP WAS SHAPED BY EVERYTHING BELOW IT
THE MACHINE DOES NOT CREATE THE COLD LEADER ALONE
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POWER STACKED ON AN ALTERED BRAIN 🏛️
POLITICAL POWER WORKS THE SAME WAY ONLY SLOWER AND BIGGER
THE PEOPLE WHO REACH THE TOP HAVE ALREADY CLIMBED FOR YEARS
THAT CLIMB REWARDS THE SAME TRAITS THE LADDER REWARDED
BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVE THEIR BRAINS HAVE TAKEN THE SHAPE WE DESCRIBED
NEUROSCIENTIST SUKHVINDER OBHI FOUND THAT FEELING POWERFUL CAN BLUNT THE BRAINS MIRRORING RESPONSE
THAT IS THE SYSTEM THAT LETS YOU FEEL ANOTHER PERSONS STATE
DULL IT AND OTHER PEOPLE BECOME ABSTRACT AND DISTANT
NOW STACK REAL POWER ON TOP OF THAT ALREADY ALTERED BRAIN
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THE HARMED WHO WORSHIP THE HARM 🔄
HERE IS THE STRANGEST TURN IN THE WHOLE STORY
THE PEOPLE MOST HARMED BY POWER OFTEN DEFEND IT THE HARDEST
PSYCHOLOGISTS CALL PART OF THIS SYSTEM JUSTIFICATION
THE MIND WANTS TO BELIEVE THE WORLD IS FAIR AND ORDERED
SO IT DEFENDS THE VERY SYSTEM THAT IS HURTING IT
ADMITTING THE SYSTEM IS RIGGED FEELS WORSE THAN BELIEVING THE PAIN IS EARNED
SO THE HARMED LOOK UP AT POWER AND ASK IT TO SAVE THEM
THEY TRUST THE VERY HAND THAT HAS ALREADY CLOSED
POWER CONVINCES THE WOUNDED THAT MORE POWER IS THE MEDICINE
