“Is ours a ‘government of the people, by the people, for the people,’ or a Kakistocracy, rather, for the benefit of knaves at the cost of fools?” (James Russell Lowell, letter in 1876) Kakistocracy is a word that means “rule by the worst”. It is derived from the Greek words kakis ...Show more
The Psychology of NPCs – The Unthinking Masses
“Today we come across an individual who behaves like an automaton.” Erich Fromm, Escape From Freedom In video games, an NPC, or non-player character, is a background figure who is governed by the programming of the game and capable only of performing assigned actions and repeatin ...Show more
Democracy is about acting as a group, but, surprisingly, Robert Talisse argues that what it needs to function well is a degree of solitude for citizens. In-group and out-group dynamics mean that individuals become vulnerable to being pushed towards more extreme views than they wo ...Show more
Most people on the planet today are terrified of being alone. And yet, there are multiple benefits that come to the leader who carries the wisdom of being alone more often in this noisy world. I'm so very excited to share this fresh episode of The Mastery Sessions with you, as I ...Show more