A book that tries to understand what happens to people when they acquire power, that I found powerful (:p) is "The Power Paradox" by Dacher Keltner Dacher is a Prof of Psychology leading Berkeley's Social Interaction Lab.
I'd be doing a horrible job by trying to summarise the already thin book here. 1 idea that stayed with me was the Loss of empathy - as people gained power. On a separate note -Having seen the 2 Flipkart founders who both became billionaires: I felt they both demonstrated very very different behaviours. - Mekin Twitter - http://twitter.com/_mekin Linkedin - http://www.linkedin.com/in/mekin Sent via Superhuman <https://sprh.mn/[email protected]> On Sat, 14 Feb 2026 at 2:35 PM, Deepa Mohan <[email protected]> wrote: > If there are just a few, yes. But a dense, impenetrable thicket of words > and phrases, alas, passes, fighter- formation-like, over my head ( sorry > for the mixed metaphors!) > > D. > > On Sat, 14 Feb, 2026, 14:06 Udhay Shankar N via Silklist, < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sat, Feb 14, 2026 at 1:35 PM Deepa Mohan via Silklist < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Sorry to say this, but the thread is becoming so full of technical jargon >>> as to leave me quite blissful, as I am quite ignorant about all these >>> phrases and catchwords! >>> >> >> My personal response to terms that I don't understand is to look them up. >> Assuming I care enough about the thread to make the effort. >> >> Udhay >> -- >> Silklist mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >> > > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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