Reading path · Power and politics

Power and How It Corrupts

Seized by murder, feared into assassination, betrayed by revolution, perfected into thought-control — five studies in what power does to us.

7 stops · 5 to read on StoryBites · the rest to explore in the wider world
  1. 1 StoryBites Edition Macbeth William Shakespeare Power seized by murder, and held by more murder. Read →
  2. 2 StoryBites Edition Julius Caesar William Shakespeare Power feared: an assassination meant to save a republic that instead dooms it. Read →
  3. 3 StoryBites Edition Animal Farm George Orwell Power betrayed: a revolution that slowly becomes the thing it overthrew. Read →
  4. 4 StoryBites Edition 1984 George Orwell Power perfected: a state that controls even the inside of your head. Read →
  5. 5 StoryBites Edition Lord of the Flies William Golding Power without civilization: what boys become when no one is watching. Read →
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    Beyond the shelf · Television Game of Thrones The modern epic of the same question: who deserves to rule, and what ruling costs them.
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    Beyond the shelf · Psychology Power and the brain Research on how gaining power measurably reduces empathy and self-restraint.