Spooks and Speculations: The Power Trip

What happens to us when we gain power over others? Does it change what we are, or merely reflect something within?

For this Halloween session, let's wander into the darker corners of power: control, obedience, moral distance, and the strange ways people and entities justify their own authority.

Along the way, we’ll ask whether power itself is the problem, whether anyone can be trusted with enough of it, and whether good systems can protect us from the worst parts of ourselves.

No prior reading required 🕯️