Anna
@athofer.bsky.social
Public health policy and practice. Health justice. Mitigating and reducing harm. HIV, STI, COVID, drug user health practice areas. Decoding systems for end users/ laypeople. DIY til I die.
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I keep thinking back to this research. Power, such as great wealth, consistently causes people to act as if they've suffered a traumatic brain injury. Unless you ground yourself by remembering when you were powerless, you'll navigate life as if in a hazy stupor. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Power Causes Brain Damage
How leaders lose mental capacities—most notably for reading other people—that were essential to their rise
www.theatlantic.com
May 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I keep thinking back to this research. Power, such as great wealth, consistently causes people to act as if they've suffered a traumatic brain injury. Unless you ground yourself by remembering when you were powerless, you'll navigate life as if in a hazy stupor. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...