Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us by Brian Klaas | Book Club

Suggested by: Yen

Pages to read: 252
ISBN: 9781982154097 (Originally listed edition)
ISBN: 9781982154110 (Edition Eugene is using)

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Forthcoming Similar Events:
1 - Challenging Corruption - 09/23/2023 = Why Societies Need Dissent by Cass R. Sunstein (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290763945/)
2 - Corrupt System - 10/07/2023 = The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (https://www.meetup.com/inquiry-book-club-for-inquiring-minds/events/290196455/)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•To whom would you suggest this book?
•Who are the corruptible people?
•Who are the incorruptible people?
•Does power corrupt?
•How does power shape an individual?
•What is the attribution error in corruption?
•What is the survivorship bias in corruption?
•How does culture influence people?
•What choice sets do leaders have? Can leaders keep their hands clean of ethical problems?
•What is the dark triad?
•How to resolve corruption?
•What is the Stanford Prison Experiment?
•Does stress lead to health problems?
•How did ranged weapons change the structure of hierarchy?
•How did agriculture change society?
•What is rice theory?
•What is the attribution error?
•Who was King Leopold?
•What does it mean to deepen and broaden the pool of applicants?
•What is a shadow board?
•Do genes influence decisions?
•How does someone judge other people’s behavior in a situation? And how does the individual judge their own behavior in the same situation?
•Which outcomes should be investigated?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.