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WHAT POWER DOES TO YOUR IMPULSES AND YOUR EMPATHY
THIS IS THE LAST PART OF THE SERIES
EVERY PART BEFORE THIS ONE SHOWED WHAT POWER DOES
THIS PART GOES INSIDE THE BRAIN ITSELF
POWER CHANGES TWO THINGS YOU CAN MEASURE
HOW FAST YOU ACT WITHOUT THINKING FIRST
HOW MUCH YOU FEEL WHAT ANOTHER PERSON FEELS
BOTH HAVE BEEN TESTED DIRECTLY IN A LAB
THAT IS WHAT THIS PART COVERS
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WHAT POWER DOES TO YOUR IMPULSES ⚡
DACHER KELTNER SPENT YEARS STUDYING WHAT POWER DOES TO A PERSON
MOST PEOPLE CHECK THEMSELVES BEFORE THEY ACT
THEY WEIGH THE RISK AND HOW OTHERS WILL REACT
PEOPLE WITH LITTLE POWER DO THIS CONSTANTLY
PEOPLE WITH REAL POWER DO IT FAR LESS
KELTNER FOUND THE POWERFUL ACT ON IMPULSE MORE OFTEN
THEY INTERRUPT MORE AND TAKE MORE AND READ THE ROOM WORSE
THIS IS NOT A CHARACTER FLAW
IT IS A MEASURABLE CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR
NO ONE CHOOSES TO DO THIS
IT HAPPENS ON ITS OWN AS POWER INCREASES
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WHAT POWER DOES TO YOUR EMPATHY 🫥
YOUR BRAIN HAS A WAY OF FEELING WHAT SOMEONE ELSE FEELS
NEUROSCIENTISTS CALL THIS MOTOR RESONANCE
WATCH SOMEONE GET HURT
YOUR OWN BRAIN RESPONDS AS IF IT HAPPENED TO YOU
RESEARCHER SUKHVINDER OBHI TESTED THIS DIRECTLY IN 2014
HE PRIMED ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO FEEL POWERFUL
HE PRIMED ANOTHER GROUP TO FEEL SMALL
THEN HE MEASURED THEIR BRAIN RESPONSE TO WATCHING SOMEONE ELSE
THE POWERFUL GROUP RESPONDED FAR LESS
THEIR ABILITY TO FEEL WHAT SOMEONE ELSE FEELS HAD DROPPED
WINNING ALSO RAISES DOPAMINE IN THE BRAIN
DOPAMINE IS NOT ABOUT ENJOYING WHAT YOU HAVE
IT IS ABOUT WANTING MORE
EVERY WIN MAKES YOU WANT THE NEXT WIN
SO THE FEELING FOR OTHER PEOPLE FADES
WHILE THE DRIVE TO GET MORE GROWS
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WHY WILLPOWER WAS NEVER THE FIX 🔒
PUT THOSE TWO FINDINGS TOGETHER
PEOPLE WITH POWER ACT FASTER AND THINK LESS
PEOPLE WITH POWER FEEL LESS FOR OTHERS
THAT MEANS THEY CANNOT RELIABLY CATCH THEIR OWN OVERREACH
THIS IS WHY ASKING SOMEONE IN POWER TO HAVE A CONSCIENCE OFTEN FAILS
THE PART OF THEM THAT WOULD NORMALLY CATCH IT HAS WEAKENED
WILLPOWER WAS NEVER WHAT HELD PEOPLE BACK
THE ONLY FIX THAT HAS EVER ACTUALLY WORKED IS STRUCTURAL
TERM LIMITS
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REAL CONSEQUENCES FOR REAL ACTIONS
THESE WORK EVEN WHEN A PERSON'S OWN RESTRAINT HAS WEAKENED
ACROSS THIS WHOLE SERIES THE NAMES AND TITLES CHANGED
EMPERORS AND EXECUTIVES AND ELECTED OFFICIALS
THE UNDERLYING CHANGE IN THE BRAIN WAS THE SAME EVERY TIME
POWER MEASURABLY CHANGES HOW A PERSON ACTS AND FEELS
THAT IS THE REAL STORY THIS SERIES HAS BEEN TELLING
