Professor ~ Author ~ Speaker ~ 🐶 Lover ~ The Positive Shift (@benbellabooks) ~ Why We Act (@harvard_press; UK title: The Bystander Effect, @WmCollinsBooks)
What explains the rioters at the Capitol? Mob mentality plays a role, but there’s another key factor: orders from a charismatic leader, as I describe in my latest piece for @usatodayopinion. https://t.co/p2pwa48Atf
My latest piece for @conversationUS, on what feels like a particularly timely topic. Are heroes born or made? Role models and training can prepare ordinary people to take heroic action https://t.co/jxgWsPOtgT via @ConversationUS
The stock market is down but at least everything is more expensive and services are getting shittier. On the other hand we have more measles. To be fair, they are finally delivering the reductions in FAA and National Parks staff that people have been demanding.