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This thread is very, very good. So much nuance and texture and depth. I'm still working my way through it. Lots of excellent insight by all contributing. And excellent books! So many quotable points by all in this thread, but I'll start with this one. It's one of the deepest roots of the illness, the blindness, the dulled perception and blunted awareness. The one who claims to have the Truth, surely is the one who doesn't. Jerk is euphemistic. Getting taught. Always getting taught. Such a fetish for teaching and getting taught, indoctrinated, dulled by repetition. There is no vitality in imitation. Again, so much in this thread. Thanks to all contributing here.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/18/the-power-paradox-how-we-gain-and-lose-influence-dacher-keltner-review Not sure I agree with him. Ok, his take on the chimps . . . yes chimps who learn to form alliances have more stable power than the ones who may be physically stronger than everyone, but not everyone together when they team up. He jumps right to "Rather, it is those who demonstrate empathy and enthusiasm, solve others’ problems and otherwise further the greater good."