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How Power Makes People Feel Selfish

From University of California YouTube Channel | January 13, 2015

Dacher Keltner on some of the ways in which power encourages individuals to act on their own whims, desires, and impulses.

View this article at this Web address:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vvl46PmCfE&list=UUT4hX0DRGkr2sz3XMaUeemQ

  • Barbara Fredrickson
    “We scientists need partnerships with organizations like the GGSC because we’re not experts in reaching loads of people on a regular basis. Providing sustained delivery of content that’s thoughtful, not over-the-top, appropriately measured, and empirically grounded—that’s what the GGSC does better than anybody.”

    ― Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D., Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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