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How to Be King or Queen (For a Long Time): Who Gets the Power? How? How Is It Kept?

Why empathy, not intimidation, keeps the crown “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”— John Dalberg-Acton “It is much safer to be feared than loved,” wrote Niccolò Machiavelli in The Prince . Nearly five centuries later, Robert Greene revived the same spirit in The 48 Laws of Power : Crush your enemy totally. Conceal your intentions. Keep others in suspended terror. It’s dramatic. It feels strong. It sells. But science tells a very different story.

Feb 284 min read

What Drives Us? A Humorous (yet hopefully) Insightful Debate on Human Motivation

Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about. Rollo May Last night John and I caught up on the news...

Feb 24, 20257 min read