Philip Zimbardo

When I came out of the hospital because I was really sick, I used to get beaten up all the time, also because I looked Jewish. And then I realized that the world is made up of leaders and followers, and followers are going to get beaten up. So I really, as a 6, 7, 10-year-old kid, started trying to understand what was it about some kids who got to be leaders.

When I came out of the hospital because I was really sick, I used to get beaten up all the time, also because I looked Jewish. And then I realized that the world is made up of leaders and followers, and followers are going to get beaten up. So I really, as a 6, 7, 10-year-old kid, started trying to understand what was it about some kids who got to be leaders.

When I came out of the hospital because I was really sick, I used to get beaten up all the time, also because I looked Jewish. And then I realized that the world is made up of leaders and followers, and followers are going to get beaten up. So I really, as a 6, 7, 10-year-old kid, started trying to understand what was it about some kids who got to be leaders.

And I think I figured out a kind of recipe. They were bigger. They were the first ones to talk up. They usually had a joke. They usually had a big, stronger guy backing them up. And they always gave the group some interesting activities.

And I think I figured out a kind of recipe. They were bigger. They were the first ones to talk up. They usually had a joke. They usually had a big, stronger guy backing them up. And they always gave the group some interesting activities.

And I think I figured out a kind of recipe. They were bigger. They were the first ones to talk up. They usually had a joke. They usually had a big, stronger guy backing them up. And they always gave the group some interesting activities.

In order to get into the gang, and the gang was the kids on the block, the newest kid had to physically fight the most recent kid who was in the gang until one of you got a bloody nose. And I hated violence. I could see it's the stupidness of these kind of rituals. Philip also noticed how hierarchy worked in groups. Some kids give orders, some kids follow orders.

In order to get into the gang, and the gang was the kids on the block, the newest kid had to physically fight the most recent kid who was in the gang until one of you got a bloody nose. And I hated violence. I could see it's the stupidness of these kind of rituals. Philip also noticed how hierarchy worked in groups. Some kids give orders, some kids follow orders.

In order to get into the gang, and the gang was the kids on the block, the newest kid had to physically fight the most recent kid who was in the gang until one of you got a bloody nose. And I hated violence. I could see it's the stupidness of these kind of rituals. Philip also noticed how hierarchy worked in groups. Some kids give orders, some kids follow orders.

And I thought, you know, typically the orders they follow are stupid. But once you get used to that, it becomes a habit.

And I thought, you know, typically the orders they follow are stupid. But once you get used to that, it becomes a habit.

And I thought, you know, typically the orders they follow are stupid. But once you get used to that, it becomes a habit.

But it was really structuring situations, being the one that came up with a new idea to say, hey, marble season should be always boring. Why don't we do stickball? So essentially, it's coming up with the idea of what to do that other kids would say, yeah, that's interesting, let's do it.

But it was really structuring situations, being the one that came up with a new idea to say, hey, marble season should be always boring. Why don't we do stickball? So essentially, it's coming up with the idea of what to do that other kids would say, yeah, that's interesting, let's do it.

But it was really structuring situations, being the one that came up with a new idea to say, hey, marble season should be always boring. Why don't we do stickball? So essentially, it's coming up with the idea of what to do that other kids would say, yeah, that's interesting, let's do it.

He won all the medals at graduation, so obviously nobody liked him because we were all envious of him. But he was super smart and super serious.

He won all the medals at graduation, so obviously nobody liked him because we were all envious of him. But he was super smart and super serious.

He won all the medals at graduation, so obviously nobody liked him because we were all envious of him. But he was super smart and super serious.

He was worried that the Holocaust could happen again in America. And everybody said, Stanley, that was Nazi Germany. That was then. We're not that kind of people. And he would say, I'll bet they thought the same thing. And the bottom line, he says, how do you know how you would act unless you're in the situation? Because we all think we're good people.

He was worried that the Holocaust could happen again in America. And everybody said, Stanley, that was Nazi Germany. That was then. We're not that kind of people. And he would say, I'll bet they thought the same thing. And the bottom line, he says, how do you know how you would act unless you're in the situation? Because we all think we're good people.