Philip Zimbardo
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So the guards got sucked in. But then, as we said earlier, it's now the night shift. So the biggest contributor to evil is boredom. And so you're bored. You've got 12 hours to kill in places filled with stress and danger. And the only playthings are prisoners. And most of the prisoners are already naked. And it's never been the case we have female guards with naked prisoners.
So the guards got sucked in. But then, as we said earlier, it's now the night shift. So the biggest contributor to evil is boredom. And so you're bored. You've got 12 hours to kill in places filled with stress and danger. And the only playthings are prisoners. And most of the prisoners are already naked. And it's never been the case we have female guards with naked prisoners.
Again, for Muslims, you never show yourself naked in front of a woman. And so the sexual agenda is there. I mean, it's just boiling over. And it only goes down. It gets worse and worse and worse. So the images, the dozen images that were shown on television are almost the least objectionable. The others are even worse.
Again, for Muslims, you never show yourself naked in front of a woman. And so the sexual agenda is there. I mean, it's just boiling over. And it only goes down. It gets worse and worse and worse. So the images, the dozen images that were shown on television are almost the least objectionable. The others are even worse.
Again, for Muslims, you never show yourself naked in front of a woman. And so the sexual agenda is there. I mean, it's just boiling over. And it only goes down. It gets worse and worse and worse. So the images, the dozen images that were shown on television are almost the least objectionable. The others are even worse.
Hannah Arendt, in trying to understand Eichmann, this brutal killer, coined the term the banality of evil, meaning this guy looks like your Uncle Charlie. I mean, the phrase is he was terrifyingly normal.
Hannah Arendt, in trying to understand Eichmann, this brutal killer, coined the term the banality of evil, meaning this guy looks like your Uncle Charlie. I mean, the phrase is he was terrifyingly normal.
Hannah Arendt, in trying to understand Eichmann, this brutal killer, coined the term the banality of evil, meaning this guy looks like your Uncle Charlie. I mean, the phrase is he was terrifyingly normal.
And I said, well, isn't that true? If we flip it, isn't there the banality of heroes? That most heroes are ordinary people, everyday people. They do little things each day that we never know about unless they live in a major media city and somebody has to make a videotape. Then I started thinking of heroic things that I knew people did.
And I said, well, isn't that true? If we flip it, isn't there the banality of heroes? That most heroes are ordinary people, everyday people. They do little things each day that we never know about unless they live in a major media city and somebody has to make a videotape. Then I started thinking of heroic things that I knew people did.
And I said, well, isn't that true? If we flip it, isn't there the banality of heroes? That most heroes are ordinary people, everyday people. They do little things each day that we never know about unless they live in a major media city and somebody has to make a videotape. Then I started thinking of heroic things that I knew people did.
And then I said, gee, now we should celebrate heroism more than we do. Well, the problem is with a lot of the stuff on heroes, it really made them seem extra special. These are male warriors, Agamemnon, Achilles, samurai. And there's almost no research on heroism.
And then I said, gee, now we should celebrate heroism more than we do. Well, the problem is with a lot of the stuff on heroes, it really made them seem extra special. These are male warriors, Agamemnon, Achilles, samurai. And there's almost no research on heroism.
And then I said, gee, now we should celebrate heroism more than we do. Well, the problem is with a lot of the stuff on heroes, it really made them seem extra special. These are male warriors, Agamemnon, Achilles, samurai. And there's almost no research on heroism.
We started developing classroom modules, which first started off by saying, be aware of the power of the dark side. So we teach you about the prison study, the messages of a Milgram study. We show videos of a woman lying on a subway station and Liverpool station in London and In five minutes, the little clock is going, 35 people pass right by and nobody stops. The question is, what's wrong?
We started developing classroom modules, which first started off by saying, be aware of the power of the dark side. So we teach you about the prison study, the messages of a Milgram study. We show videos of a woman lying on a subway station and Liverpool station in London and In five minutes, the little clock is going, 35 people pass right by and nobody stops. The question is, what's wrong?
We started developing classroom modules, which first started off by saying, be aware of the power of the dark side. So we teach you about the prison study, the messages of a Milgram study. We show videos of a woman lying on a subway station and Liverpool station in London and In five minutes, the little clock is going, 35 people pass right by and nobody stops. The question is, what's wrong?
Are these bad people? And so the kids say, we would help. Well, what's the difference between you sitting here and people there? And they come up with situational differences. And then we teach them these lessons, the Bison Effect, prejudice and discrimination. We get the college kids to teach high school kids. High school kids, they teach middle school kids. It offsets all the evil I've done.
Are these bad people? And so the kids say, we would help. Well, what's the difference between you sitting here and people there? And they come up with situational differences. And then we teach them these lessons, the Bison Effect, prejudice and discrimination. We get the college kids to teach high school kids. High school kids, they teach middle school kids. It offsets all the evil I've done.
Are these bad people? And so the kids say, we would help. Well, what's the difference between you sitting here and people there? And they come up with situational differences. And then we teach them these lessons, the Bison Effect, prejudice and discrimination. We get the college kids to teach high school kids. High school kids, they teach middle school kids. It offsets all the evil I've done.