Proving the Theorem: Politician Equals Hypocrite
It's long been noted that power corrupts, but it also makes people hypocrites, too. It just so happens that a handful of politicians were publicly making Adam Galinsky's point as he and two social psychology colleagues were studying the interplay of Full Story »
Posted by Fabrice Florin - via Miller-McCune
I already knew from personal experience that power corrupts, but this article shows scientific evidence that it really does affect anyone, at a deeper level than we realize. All the more reason to be careful with how we individually deal with this dangerous burden.