Ep. 0109: Twenty-One Key Concepts & Theories, Part 1

I’ve compiled a list of 21 concepts & theories that have helped me understand the world (both past & present) more clearly, and I’m going to do 3 episodes (two regular DHP episodes and one Patreon supporters-only Bonus DHP episode) covering 7 of these concepts & theories apiece.

In this first installment, I’ve grouped together 7 concepts having to do with understanding power, why it’s so dangerous, and why humans are so susceptible to being commanded, controlled, and exploited by the worst among us.

Join CJ as he discusses:

1. Power Corrupts (and attracts those who are already corrupt)
2. Psychopathy & Sociopathy
3. Most humans are hardwired for tribalism, submission, & conformity
4. Stockholm Syndrome
5. Doctrine of Double Effect
6. The Noble Lie
7. Base/superstructure

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Internal Links

• DHP Ep. 0072: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki

External Links

• A French study on the corrupting influence of power
• A UK Daily Mail column on a study that showed power affects people in a manner very similar to cocaine
• The documentary I am FishHead on psychopathy & its relation to power
• CBC Documentary The Psychopath Next Door
• Salon article about a study into which careers contain the highest levels of psychopathy
• Michael Huemer’s excellent presentation “The Psychology of Authority” from Porcfest X
• A Youtube video about the Asch Conformity Study featuring Dr. Philip Zimbardo of Stanford Prison experiment fame
• A Youtube video about the Stanford Prison experiment, also featuring Dr. Zimbardo
• Youtube video “What is Stockholm Syndrome?”
• Youtube video “Killing Civilians: The Doctrine of Double Effect,” part of the Veterans for Peace Educational Series
• A graphic illustrating the non-orthodox conception of the relationship between Base & Superstructure